1966 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1966 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	2–8 (1–4 ACC)
Head coach	Jim Hickey (8th season)
Captain	Bob Hume, Hank Sadler, Danny Talbott
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium

1966 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Clemson $		6	–	1					6	–	4
NC State		5	–	2					5	–	5
Maryland		3	–	3					4	–	6
Virginia		3	–	3					4	–	6
Duke		2	–	3					5	–	5
Wake Forest		2	–	4					3	–	7
South Carolina		1	–	3					1	–	9
North Carolina		1	–	4					2	–	8
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1966 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. The Tar Heels were led by eighth-year head coach Jim Hickey and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 17	8:00 p.m.	at Kentucky*	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	L 0–10	37,500
September 24	1:30 p.m.	NC State	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 10–7	47,000
October 1	1:30 p.m.	at No. 8 Michigan*	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	W 21–7	88,233
October 15	1:30 p.m.	at No. 2 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	L 0–32	59,075
October 22	1:30 p.m.	Wake Forest	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	L 0–3	37,000
October 29	2:00 p.m.	at Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 3–28	45,321
November 5	2:00 p.m.	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	L 3–27	33,000
November 12	1:30 p.m.	Air Force*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 14–20	31,000
November 19	1:30 p.m.	Duke	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	L 25–41	46,000
November 26	1:30 p.m.	Virginia	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)	L 14–21	25,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time