1892 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1892 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference Independent
1892 record 5–1
Head coach None
Captain Mike Hoke
1892 college football independents records
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Yale         13 0 0
Harvard         10 1 0
North Carolina         5 1 0
Sewanee         5 1 1
Colorado         3 2 0
Virginia         3 2 1
California         2 1 1
Stanford         1 0 2
Vanderbilt         4 4 0
Alabama         2 2 0
Auburn         2 2 0
Notre Dame         1 1 0
Washington         1 1 0
Tennessee         2 5 0
Utah         0 1 0
Georgia Tech         0 3 0
Maryland         0 3 0

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 South's Oldest Rivalry.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
October 22 at Richmond* Richmond, VA W 40–0  
October 23 at Virginia* Madison Hall Field • Charlottesville, VA (Rivalry) L 30–18  
November 12 at Trinity (NC)* Durham, NC (Rivalry) W 24–0  
November 23 vs. A&M College of Alabama* Atlanta, GA W 64–0  
November 24 at Vanderbilt* Dudley FieldNashville, TN W 24–0  
November 26 vs. Virginia* Atlanta, GA (Rivalry) W 26–0  
*Non-conference game.

Players

Varsity lettermen

Line

Player Position Games
started
Hometown Height Weight Age
James Crawford Biggs end Oxford5'9"14520
Norfleet Mann Gibbs end 5'10"17020
David Alexander Kirkpatrick guard 6'2"23022
George Roscoe Little tackle 5'11"16819
Walter "Pete" Murphy center Salisbury 6'0"20021
James Thomas Pugh tackle 5'10"16819
Eugene Malcolm Snipes guard 5'11"19524

Backfield

Player Position Games
started
Hometown Height Weight Age
Alfred Smith Barnard quarterback 5'8"14818
William Augustus Devin halfback 6'0"16921
Michael Hoke halfback Raleigh 5'10"14818
Howard Burton Shaw fullback 5'7"15324

Substitutes

Player Position Games
started
Hometown Height Weight Age
Charles Baskerville fullback 5'9"14522
Martin Currie tackle 6'2"17029
Louis Isaac Guion end 6'0"16718
William Daniel Merritt end 5'11"16019
Benjamin Edward Stanley back 5'8"14420
William Preston Wooten centre 6'2"17020

Unlisted

[2]

References

Notes
  1. "All-Southern Champions In 1892". The Charlotte Observer. November 26, 1922. Retrieved March 4, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "1892 UNC Football Roster". Retrieved March 5, 2015.
Bibliography
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