1892 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1892 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceIndependent
1892 record5–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainMichael Hoke
Seasons
← 1891
1893 →
1892 Southern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Centre   –   6 – 0 – 0
Biddle   –   1 – 0 – 0
VMI   –   4 – 0 – 1
Wake Forest   –   4 – 0 – 1
Furman   –   1 – 0 – 0
Mercer   –   1 – 0 – 0
North Carolina   –   1 – 0 – 0
Johns Hopkins   –   7 – 1 – 0
North Carolina A&M   –   5 – 1 – 0
Sewanee   –   5 – 1 – 1
Central   –   4 – 1 – 0
Navy   –   5 – 2 – 0
Georgetown   –   4 – 2 – 1
Virginia   –   3 – 2 – 1
Vanderbilt   –   4 – 4 – 0
Alabama   –   2 – 2 – 0
Auburn   –   2 – 2 – 0
Georgia   –   1 – 1 – 0
VAMC   –   1 – 1 – 0
Western Maryland   –   0 – 0 – 1
Richmond   –   2 – 3 – 0
Delaware   –   1 – 2 – 2
Kentucky State College   –   2 – 4 – 1
Tennessee   –   2 – 5 – 0
Trinity (NC)   –   1 – 3 – 0
Hampden–Sydney   –   0 – 1 – 0
Livingstone   –   0 – 1 – 0
Maryville   –   0 – 1 – 0
South Carolina   –   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 Michael 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[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 213:40 p.m.at Richmond
W 40–0400[2]
October 22at Virginia
L 30–18
November 12at Trinity (NC)
W 24–0
November 23vs. Auburn
  • Brisbane Park
  • Atlanta, GA
W 64–0[3]
November 24at Vanderbilt
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 24–0
November 263:00 p.m.vs. Virginia
  • Brisbane Park
  • Atlanta, GA
W 26–0[4][5]
  • All times are in Eastern time

Players[]

Varsity lettermen[]

Line[]

Player Position Games
started 		Hometown Height Weight Age
James Crawford Biggs end Oxford 5'9" 145 20
Norfleet Mann Gibbs end 5'10" 170 20
David Alexander Kirkpatrick guard 6'2" 230 22
George Roscoe Little tackle 5'11" 168 19
Walter "Pete" Murphy center Salisbury 6'0" 200 21
James Thomas Pugh tackle 5'10" 168 19
Eugene Malcolm Snipes guard 5'11" 195 24

Backfield[]

Player Position Games
started 		Hometown Height Weight Age
Alfred Smith Barnard quarterback 5'8" 148 18
William Augustus Devin halfback 6'0" 169 21
Michael Hoke halfback Raleigh 5'10" 148 18
Howard Burton Shaw fullback 5'7" 153 24

Substitutes[]

Player Position Games
started 		Hometown Height Weight Age
Charles Baskerville fullback 5'9" 145 22
Martin Currie tackle 6'2" 170 29
Louis Isaac Guion end 6'0" 167 18
William Daniel Merritt end 5'11" 160 19
Benjamin Edward Stanley back 5'8" 144 20
William Preston Wooten centre 6'2" 170 20

Unlisted[]

  • William Pinckney

[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "All-Southern Champions In 1892". The Charlotte Observer. November 26, 1922. Retrieved March 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  2. ^ "Richmonds And Universitys". The Times. Richmond, Virginia. October 22, 1892. p. 1. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. ^ "The College Boys". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. November 24, 1892. p. 7. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. ^ "The Last Game". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. November 26, 1892. p. 5. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. ^ "The White And Blue". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. November 27, 1892. p. 20. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. ^ "1892 UNC Football Roster". Retrieved March 5, 2015.
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