1897 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1897 North Carolina Tar Heels football

Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1897 record	7-3 (3-1 SIAA)
Head coach	William A. Reynolds (1st year)

1897 SIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Vanderbilt $	3	–	0	–	0	6	–	0	–	1
Georgia	2	–	0	–	0	2	–	1	–	0
Auburn	2	–	0	–	1	2	–	0	–	1
North Carolina	3	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Tennessee	1	–	1	–	0	4	–	1	–	0
Central	1	–	1	–	0	1	–	1	–	0
Nashville	1	–	1	–	0	1	–	1	–	0
Sewanee	1	–	3	–	1	1	–	3	–	1
Clemson	0	–	2	–	0	2	–	2	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	2	–	0	2	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	0
Cumberland	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	0
Mercer	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	1
Texas	0	–	0	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Alabama	0	–	0	–	0	1	–	0	–	0
LSU	0	–	0	–	0	1	–	1	–	0

$ – Conference champion

The 1897 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1897 college football season. They played ten games with a final record of 7-3. The team captain for the 1897 season was Arthur Belden.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 2	North Carolina A&M*	Chapel Hill, NC (Rivalry)	W 40-0	-
October 9	Guilford*	Chapel Hill, NC	W 16-0	-
October 22	Greensboro A.A.*	Chapel Hill, NC	W 24-0	-
October 25	Clemson*	Chapel Hill, NC	W 28-0	-
October 30	vs. VPI*	Danville, VA	L 0-4	500^[1]
November 5	vs. Sewanee	Cowan, TN	W 12-6	-
November 6	at Vanderbilt	Nashville, TN	L 0-31	-
November 8	at Tennessee	Knoxville, TN	W 16-0	-
November 9	at Bingham*	Asheville, NC	W 14-0	-
November 22	vs. Virginia*	Richmond, VA (Rivalry)	L 0-12	-
*Non-conference game.

References

↑ "A Great Victory". The Times (Library of Virginia). October 31, 1897. p. 5. Retrieved November 21, 2015.

"North Carolina Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
"North Carolina Tar Heels 1897 Football Schedule". Tar Heel Times. 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-24.

North Carolina Tar Heels football

Venues	Emerson Field (1916–1926) Kenan Memorial Stadium (1927–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Duke: (Victory Bell) NC State South Carolina Virginia: South's Oldest Rivalry Wake Forest

Culture & lore	First forward pass Rameses The Marching Tar Heels

People	Head coaches All-Americans NFL draftees

Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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