1893 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1893 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4
Head coach
  • William J. "Yup" Cook (1st season)
CaptainA. S. Bernard
Home stadiumCampus Athletic Field (I)
1893 Southern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maryland   –   6 – 0 – 0
Texas   –   4 – 0 – 0
Central (KY)   –   2 – 0 – 0
Howard   –   2 – 0 – 0
North Carolina A&M   –   2 – 0 – 0
Vanderbilt   –   6 – 1 – 0
Auburn   –   3 – 0 – 2
Virginia   –   8 – 2 – 0
Ole Miss   –   4 – 1 – 0
Centre   –   4 – 1 – 0
Trinity (NC)   –   3 – 1 – 0
VMI   –   3 – 1 – 0
Kentucky State College   –   5 – 2 – 1
Delaware   –   2 – 1 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   2 – 1 – 0
Guilford   –   2 – 1 – 0
West Virginia   –   2 – 1 – 0
William & Mary   –   2 – 1 – 0
Navy   –   5 – 3 – 0
Richmond   –   3 – 2 – 0
Georgetown   –   4 – 4 – 0
Sewanee   –   3 – 3 – 0
Furman   –   1 – 1 – 0
Georgia   –   2 – 2 – 1
Western Maryland   –   1 – 1 – 0
Johns Hopkins   –   2 – 3 – 2
  –   3 – 4 – 0
Tennessee   –   2 – 4 – 0
Tulane   –   1 – 2 – 0
Wake Forest   –   1 – 2 – 0
Hampden–Sydney   –   0 – 1 – 0
LSU   –   0 – 1 – 0
Maryville (TN)   –   0 – 1 – 0
Mercer   –   0 – 1 – 0
Wofford   –   0 – 1 – 0
VAMC   –   0 – 2 – 0
Alabama   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1893 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1893 college football season. They played seven games with a final record of 3–4. The team captain for the 1893 season was A. S. Bernard. William J. "Yup" Cook (Princeton '89) was hired as the first full-time coach.[1][2]

This was the first Carolina football team to wear the varsity sweater with the familiar monogram 'NC'.[3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 204:15 p.m.[4]at Washington and Lee
W 44–0525[5]
October 213:20 p.m.[6]at VMI
  • Parade Grounds
  • Lexington, VA
L 4–10625[6]
October 283:30 p.m.[7]at Trinity (NC)
L 4–6
November 3Tennessee
W 60–0
November 182:45 p.m.[8]vs. Wake Forest
W 40–0
November 252:30 p.m.[9]vs. LehighL 0–34200[9]
November 302:15 p.m.[10]vs. VirginiaL 0–163,500–4,000[10][11][12]

References

  1. ^ "The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina on January 31, 1937 · 2".
  2. ^ "News-observer-chronicle. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1893-1894, November 17, 1893, Image 1". November 17, 1893.
  3. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, March 23, 1893, Image 1". March 23, 1893. p. 1.
  4. ^ "North Carolina University Magazine". 1893.
  5. ^ "Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, October 21, 1893, Image 4". October 21, 1893. p. 4.
  6. ^ a b "Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, October 22, 1893, Image 7". October 22, 1893.
  7. ^ "The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, October 30, 1893, Image 1". October 30, 1893.
  8. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 23, 1893, Image 1". November 23, 1893. p. 1.
  9. ^ a b The Lehigh Burr. Lehigh University. 1893.
  10. ^ a b "The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, December 01, 1893, Image 1". December 1893.
  11. ^ "Foot-ball". The Times. Richmond, Virginia. November 28, 1893. p. 6. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Win Fresh Laurels". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. December 1, 1893. p. 1. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.