1895 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
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SIAA Champion | |
| Conference | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| 1895 record | 7–1–1 (3–0–1 SIAA) |
| Head coach | Thomas Trenchard (1st year) |
| Captain | Edwin Gregory |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sewanee | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1895 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina during the 1895 college football season. They played nine games with a final record of 7-1-1 and were Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association champions. The team captain for the 1895 season was Edwin Gregory. The team went 3–0–1 on a 6 day, 4 game road trip.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | |||||
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| October 12 | North Carolina A&M* | Chapel Hill, NC (Rivalry) | W 36-0 | - | |||||
| October 26 | vs. Georgia | Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA (First forward pass) | W 6-0 | - | |||||
| October 28 | at Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | W 12-0 | - | |||||
| October 29 | at Sewanee | McGee Field • Sewanee, TN | T 0-0 | - | |||||
| October 31 | vs. Georgia | Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA | W 10-6 | - | |||||
| November 2 | vs. Washington and Lee* | Lynchburg, VA | W 16-0 | - | |||||
| November 16 | vs. Virginia A&M* | Charlotte, NC | W 32-5 | 1,000[1] | |||||
| November 19 | Richmond* | Chapel Hill, NC | W 34-0 | - | |||||
| November 28 | vs. Virginia* | Richmond, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry) | L 0-6 | - | |||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
Players
Varsity lettermen
First award:
- Richard Busbee
- George Phineas Butler
- Thomas Hurley
- Lawrence MacRae
- Samuel Strong Nicklin
- Robert Thomas Stephens Steele
- Joel D. Whitaker, Jr.
- Joseph Harvey Wright
- Robert Herring Wright
Second award:
- James Andrew Baird
- Harris Taylor Collier
- Edwin Clarke Gregory
- John Allen Moore
- George Stephens
Third award:
- Thomas Allen Sharpe
- Benjamin Edward Stanley
Fourth award:
References
- ↑ "Blacksburg Defeated". The Times (Library of Virginia). November 17, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ↑ "1895 UNC Football Roster".
- "North Carolina Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
- "North Carolina Tar Heels 1895 Football Schedule". Tar Heel Times. 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
See also
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