1896 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1896 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4–1
Head coach
CaptainRobert Wright
Home stadiumCampus Athletic Field (I)
Seasons
← 1895
1897 →
1896 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Centre   –   6 – 0 – 1
Texas A&M   –   2 – 0 – 1
Oklahoma   –   2 – 0 – 0
North Carolina A&M   –   1 – 0 – 0
Virginia   –   7 – 2 – 2
VPI   –   5 – 2 – 1
Navy   –   5 – 3 – 0
Arkansas   –   2 – 1 – 0
Clemson   –   2 – 1 – 0
Columbian   –   2 – 1 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   2 – 2 – 1
Add-Ran   –   1 – 1 – 1
Centenary   –   1 – 1 – 0
VMI   –   3 – 4 – 0
North Carolina   –   3 – 4 – 1
Furman   –   2 – 3 – 0
Ole Miss   –   1 – 2 – 0
West Virginia   –   3 – 7 – 2
South Carolina   –   1 – 3 – 0
Erskine   –   0 – 1 – 0
William & Mary   –   0 – 2 – 0
Davidson   –   0 – 1 – 0
Delaware   –   0 – 6 – 0

The 1896 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1896 college football season. They played eight games with a final record of 3–4–1. The team captain for the 1896 season was Robert Wright.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 102:16 p.m.[1]Guilford
W 26–4
October 17at Guilford
W 34–0
October 24vs. VPI
T 0–0700[2]
October 313:00 p.m.[3]vs. Georgia
L 16–243,000[4]
November 23:30 p.m.[5]at Charlotte A.C.
L 0–8
November 73:30 p.m.[6]at Hampton A.C.
L 0–18
November 11Greensboro A.A.
  • Campus Athletic Field (I)
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 30–0
November 262:30 p.m.[7]vs. Virginia
L 0–4610,000[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 17, 1896, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  2. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 31, 1896, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  3. ^ "The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on October 31, 1896 · Page 7".
  4. ^ "Clipped from the Atlanta Constitution". The Atlanta Constitution. November 1896. p. 21.
  5. ^ "The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina on November 1, 1896 · 6".
  6. ^ "The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, November 08, 1896, Image 1". November 8, 1896.
  7. ^ a b "The News & Observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, November 27, 1896, Image 1". November 27, 1896.
  8. ^ "Virginian's Victorious". The Roanoke Times. Roanoke, Virginia. November 27, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved September 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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