1898 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
| 1898 North Carolina Tar Heels football | |
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Southern champion | |
| Conference | Independent |
| 1898 record | 9–0 |
| Head coach | William A. Reynolds (2nd season) |
| Captain | Frank O. Rogers |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | – | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | – | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drexel | – | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | – | 11 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | – | 8 | – | 0 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | – | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | – | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | – | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | – | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington Agricultural | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon Agricultural | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | – | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1898 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1898 college football season. They played nine games with a final record of 9–0. The team captain for the 1898 season was Frank O. Rogers. The team claims a Southern championship.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1 | Guilford* | Chapel Hill, NC | W 18–0 | ||||||
| October 15 | North Carolina A&M* | Chapel Hill, NC (Rivalry) | W 34–0 | ||||||
| October 20 | Greensboro A.A.* | Chapel Hill, NC | W 11–0 | ||||||
| October 29 | Oak Ridge* | Chapel Hill, NC | W 11–0 | ||||||
| November 4 | vs. VPI | Winston-Salem, NC | W 28–6 | ||||||
| November 5 | vs. Davidson | Charlotte, NC | W 11–0 | ||||||
| November 12 | vs. Georgia | Macon, GA | W 53–0 | ||||||
| November 15 | at Auburn | Montgomery, AL | W 29–0 | ||||||
| November 24 | vs. Virginia* | Richmond, VA (Rivalry) | W 6–2 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
Season summary
Guilford
The season opened with a 18–0 defeat of the Guilford Quakers.[2] Charles Baskerville was umpire.[2]
The starting lineup was Tate (left end), Shull (left tackle), Miller (left guard), Cunningham (center), Cromartie (right guard), Bennett (Right tackle), Klotz (right end), Rogers (quarterback), Howell (left halfback), Gregory (right halfback), Graves (fullback).[2]
North Carolina A&M
In the second week of play, the Tar Heels defeated the in-state rival North Carolina A&M 34–0.
Greensboro A. A.
Against the Greensboro Athletic Association, UNC won 11–0.
Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge was beaten 11–0.
V. P. I.
Touchdowns were made by Bennett, Gregory, Copeland, Shull, and Howell in a 28–6 win over V. P. I.[3]
Davidson
North Carolina beat Davidson 11–0.
Georgia
In Macon, the Tar Heels blew out the Georgia Bulldogs 53–0.[4] Tick Tichenor wrote "Such a crush defeat as Georgia sustained at the hands of North Carolina today is almost unparalleled in football".[5]
The starting lineup was Klotz (left end), Shull (left tackle), Cromartie (left guard), Cunningham (center), Phifer (right guard), Bennett (Right tackle), Gregoy (right end), Rodgers (quarterback), Austin (left halfback), McRae (right halfback), Graves (fullback).[4]
Auburn
The Tar Heels won over John Heisman's Auburn Tigers 29–0.
Virginia
UNC beat rival Virginia 6–2, its first win since the first year of the South's Oldest Rivalry. The safety was made just as time called, and Howell scored for UNC.[6]
Players
Line
| Player | Position | Games started |
Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Bennett | tackle | Wadesboro, North Carolina | 6'0" | 173 | |||
| Cromartie | guard | ||||||
| Cunningham | center | ||||||
| Edwin Gregory | end | ||||||
| Herman Koehler | end | Upper Montclair, New Jersey | 160 | ||||
| Phifer | guard | ||||||
| Shull | tackle | ||||||
Backfield
| Player | Position | Games started |
Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copeland | halfback | ||||||
| Louis Graves | fullback | Chapel Hill, North Carolina | |||||
| Jim MacRae | halfback | Fayetteville, North Carolina | Nashville | ||||
| Frank O. Rogers | quarterback | Salisbury, North Carolina | 160 | ||||
References
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=QWv3BlnItIEC&pg=PA55
- 1 2 3 "The University Team Defeats Guilford 18 to 0". The Charlotte Observer. November 13, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved August 4, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Carolina Wins A football Game". The Wilmington Messenger. November 5, 1898. p. 1. Retrieved June 3, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Georgia's Team Goes Down Before The Fast Work of North Carolina". The Atlanta Constitution. November 13, 1898. p. 22. Retrieved August 4, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Football Man Tells of Game". The Atlanta Constitution. November 13, 1898. p. 22. Retrieved August 4, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Our Tar Heels Triumphant". The Morning Post. November 25, 1898. p. 1. Retrieved June 3, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- "North Carolina Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
- "North Carolina Tar Heels 1898 Football Schedule". Tar Heel Times. 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-24.