1898 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1898 North Carolina Tar Heels football
SIAA Co-Champion
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1898 record	9–0 (4–0 SIAA)
Head coach	William A. Reynolds (2nd year)
Captain	Frank O. Rogers

1898 SIAA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
North Carolina +	3	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	0
Sewanee +	3	–	0	–	0			4	–	0	–	0
LSU	1	–	0	–	0			1	–	0	–	0
Auburn	2	–	1	–	0			2	–	1	–	0
Georgia	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	2	–	0
Clemson	1	–	1	–	0			3	–	1	–	0
Tulane	1	–	1	–	0			1	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	2	–	0			1	–	5	–	0
Texas	0	–	1	–	0			5	–	1	–	0
VPI	0	–	1	–	0			3	–	2	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	1	–	0			1	–	1	–	0
Nashville	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	0	–	3	–	0			0	–	3	–	0
Kentucky State	0	–	0	–	0			7	–	0	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1898 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1898 college football season. They played nine games with a final record of 9–0. The team captain for the 1898 season was Frank O. Rogers.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 1	Guilford*	Chapel Hill, NC	W 18-0
October 15	North Carolina A&M*	Chapel Hill, NC (Rivalry)	W 34-0
October 20	Greensboro A.A.*	Chapel Hill, NC	W 11-0
October 29	Oak Ridge*	Chapel Hill, NC	W 11-0
November 4	vs. VPI	Winston-Salem, NC	W 28-6
November 5	vs. Davidson	Charlotte, NC	W 11-0
November 13	vs. Georgia	Macon, GA	W 53-0
November 15	at Auburn	Montgomery, AL	W 29-0
November 24	vs. Virginia*	Richmond, VA (Rivalry)	W 6-2
*Non-conference game.

Players

Line

• Frank Bennett, tackle
• Edwin Gregory, end
• Herman Koehler, end

Backfield

• Jim MacRae, halfback
• Frank O. Rogers, quarterback

References

• "North Carolina Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
• "North Carolina Tar Heels 1898 Football Schedule". Tar Heel Times. 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-24.