1897 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1897 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference Independent
1897 record 7–3
Head coach William A. Reynolds (1st season)
1897 college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Oregon Agricultural      5 0 0
Drexel      7 1 1
North Carolina      7 3 0
USC      5 1 0
Virginia      6 2 1
Stanford      4 1 0
Notre Dame      4 1 1
Washington Agricultural      2 0 0
Clemson      2 2 0
Oregon      1 1 0
Indiana State      1 2 0
Washington      1 2 0
Montana      1 2 3
California      0 3 2
Utah      1 5 0

The 1897 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1897 college football season. They played ten games with a final record of 7–3. The team captain for the 1897 season was Arthur Belden.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance
October 2 North Carolina A&M* Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Rivalry) W 40–0   -
October 9 Guilford* Chapel Hill, North Carolina W 16–0   -
October 22 Greensboro A.A.* Chapel Hill, North Carolina W 24–0   -
October 25 Clemson* Chapel Hill, North Carolina W 28–0   -
October 30 vs. VPI* Danville, Virginia L 0–4   500[1]
November 5 vs. Sewanee Cowan, Tennessee W 12–6   -
November 6 at Vanderbilt Dudley FieldNashville, Tennessee L 0–31   -
November 8 at Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee W 16–0   -
November 9 at Bingham* Asheville, North Carolina W 14–0   -
November 22 vs. Virginia* Richmond, Virginia (Rivalry) L 0–12   -
*Non-conference game.

References

  1. "A Great Victory". The Times. Library of Virginia. October 31, 1897. p. 5. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  • "North Carolina Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
  • "North Carolina Tar Heels 1897 Football Schedule". Tar Heel Times. 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-24.


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