The 1966 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team represented

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. The Tar Heels played their home games at Emerson Field. The team was coached by Walter Rabb in his 20th year as head coach at North Carolina. The Tar Heels won the District III playoff to advance to the

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, where they were defeated by the

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Roster

Schedule

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, , 3–1 , , 0–2 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 3 , , March 25 , , , , Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina , , 3–2 , , 1–2 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 4 , , March 26 , , Virginia Tech , , Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina , , 2–4 , , 1–3 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 5 , , March 29 , , , , Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina , , 15–6 , , 2–3 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 6 , , March 30 , , , , Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina , , 4–3 , , 3–3 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 7 , , March 31 , , Colby , , Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina , , 6–5 , , 4–3 , , – , - , - ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="3%" , # ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" , Date ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="14%" , Opponent ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25%" , Site/Stadium ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" , Score ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" , Overall Record ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" , ACC Record , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 8 , , April 2 , , at , ,

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, , 8–2 , , 5–3 , , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 9 , , April 4 , , , , Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina , , 3–9 , , 5–4 , , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 10 , , April 5 , , Connecticut , , Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina , , 5–14 , , 5–5 , , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 11 , , April 7 , , at , , Seminole Field •

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, , 7–15 , , 5–6 , , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 12 , , April 7 , , at Florida State , , Seminole Field • Tallahassee, Florida , , 6–4 , , 6–6 , , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 13 , , April 7 , , at Florida State , , Seminole Field • Tallahassee, Florida , , 1–4 , , 6–7 , , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 14 , , April 11 , , at , ,

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, , 3–0 , , 7–7 , , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 15 , , April 15 , , , , Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina , , 6–1 , , 8–7 , , 2–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 16 , , April 16 , , , , Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina , , 0–1 , , 8–8 , , 2–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 17 , , April 19 , , at , ,

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, , 8–1 , , 9–8 , , 3–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 18 , , April 22 , , , , Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina , , 8–3 , , 10–8 , , 4–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 19 , , April 23 , , , , Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina , , 3–2 , , 11–8 , , 5–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 20 , , April 26 , , NC State , , Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina , , 11–4 , , 12–8 , , 6–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 21 , , April 29 , , at South Carolina , , Unknown •

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, , 5–2 , , 16–8 , , 10–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 25 , , May 7 , , at Virginia , , UVA Baseball Field •

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, , 2–1 , , 17–8 , , 11–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 26 , , May 10 , , Duke , , Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina , , 10–4 , , 18–8 , , 12–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 27 , , May 14 , , at Wake Forest , ,

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, , 7–1 , , 19–10 , , 12–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 30 , , June 3 , , vs , , Sims Legion Park • Gastonia, North Carolina , , 5–4 , , 20–10 , , 12–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 31 , , June 4 , , vs Florida State , , Sims Legion Park • Gastonia, North Carolina , , 5–6 , , 20–11 , , 12–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 32 , , June 4 , , vs Florida State , , Sims Legion Park • Gastonia, North Carolina , , 6–4 , , 21–11 , , 12–2 , - , - ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="3%" , # ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" , Date ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="14%" , Opponent ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25%" , Site/Stadium ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" , Score ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" , Overall Record ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" , ACC Record , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 33 , , June 13 , , vs

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Awards and honors

;Charlie Carr *First Team All-

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Danny Talbott Joseph Daniel Talbott (November 1, 1944 – January 19, 2020) was an American professional football and baseball player. At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he was a quarterback for two seasons with the North Carolina Tar Heels ...

*First Team All-ACC *Second Team All-American ;Danny Walker *First Team All-ACC

References

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