1891 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1891 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceNorth Carolina Inter-Collegiate Football Association
Record0–2 (0-2 NCIFA)
Head coach
  • None
CaptainMichael Hoke, George Graham
Home stadiumCampus Athletic Field (I)
Seasons
← 1889
1892 →
1891 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Trinity (NC)     3 0 0
Wake Forest     1 0 0
VMI     3 0 1
Vanderbilt     3 1 0
Navy     5 2 0
Virginia     2 1 2
Delaware     5 3 1
Kentucky State College     1 1 0
Georgetown     2 2 0
Sewanee     1 2 0
Central (KY)     0 1 0
Furman     0 1 0
Tennessee     0 1 0
West Virginia     0 1 0
Johns Hopkins     0 2 0
Mercer     0 2 0
North Carolina     0 2 0
Richmond     0 2 0

The 1891 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1891 college football season. They played two games with a final record of 0–2. There had been no football team since 1889 prior to this season. The team captains for the 1891 season were Michael Hoke and George Graham. William P. Graves has been reported as this team's coach, but he was the coach in the spring of 1891 when UNC was scheduled to play, but did not. UNC was leading in its contest with Wake Forest but forfeited before the game was over.[1]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
November 103:05 p.m.[2]vs. Wake Forest
L (by forfeit)500[2]
November 204:15 p.m.[3]Trinity (NC)
L 4–6300[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Outing; Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction". google.com. 1895.
  2. ^ a b "The news and observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1880-1893, November 12, 1891, Image 2". November 12, 1891.
  3. ^ a b "The news and observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1880-1893, November 22, 1891, Image 4". November 22, 1891.
  4. ^ "Trinity wins, the University boys done up in the game of football yesterday". Durham Globe. November 21, 1891. Retrieved October 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.