1892 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
| 1892 North Carolina Tar Heels football | |
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Southern Co-Champion | |
| Conference | Independent |
| 1892 record | 5-1 |
| Head coach | None |
| Captain | Mike Hoke |
| Home stadium | Emerson Field |
The 1892 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1892 college football season. They played six games with a final record of 5-1. The team captain for the 1892 season was Mike Hoke. The team claims a southern title even though it was defeated by Virginia, for it beat the Cavaliers in a rematch.[1] Those games with UVA mark the beginning of the so-called South's Oldest Rivalry.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | |||||
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| October 21 | at Richmond* | Richmond, VA | W 40-0 | |||||
| October 22 | at Virginia* | Madison Hall Field • Charlottesville, VA | L 30-18 | |||||
| November 12 | at Trinity* | Durham, NC | W 24-0 | |||||
| November 23 | vs. A&M College of Alabama* | Atlanta, GA | W 64-0 | |||||
| November 24 | at Vanderbilt* | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | W 24-0 | |||||
| November 26 | vs. Virginia* | Atlanta, GA | W 26-0 | |||||
| *Non-conference game. | ||||||||
Players
Varsity lettermen
First award:
- Charles Baskerville, fullback
- William Augustus Devin
- Louis Isaac Guion, sub end
- David Alexander Kirkpatrick, guard
- William Daniel Merritt, sub end
- James Thomas Pugh
- Benjamin Edward Stanley, sub back
- William Preston Wooten
Second award:
- James Crawford Biggs, end
- William Pinckney
- Martin Currie
- Norfleet Mann Gibbs, end
- George Roscoe Little, tackle
Third award:
- Alfred Smith Barnard, quarterback
- Michael Hoke, halfback
- Walter "Pete" Murphy, center
- Howard Burton Shaw
- Eugene Malcolm Snipes[2]
References
- ↑ "All-Southern Champions In 1892". The Charlotte Observer. November 26, 1922. Retrieved March 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "1892 UNC Football Roster". Retrieved March 5, 2015.
- "North Carolina Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-06-08. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- "North Carolina Tar Heels 1892 Football Schedule". Tar Heel Times. 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-06-08. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
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