1897 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1897 North Carolina Tar Heels football
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ConferenceIndependent
1897 record7–3
Head coach
  • William A. Reynolds (1st season)
CaptainArthur Belden
Seasons
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1897 Southern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Oklahoma   –   2 – 0 – 0
Arkansas   –   2 – 0 – 1
Navy   –   8 – 1 – 0
Virginia   –   6 – 2 – 1
Add-Ran   –   3 – 1 – 0
Washington and Lee   –   3 – 1 – 0
VPI   –   5 – 2 – 0
North Carolina   –   7 – 3 – 0
VMI   –   3 – 2 – 0
Guilford   –   2 – 1 – 0
West Virginia   –   5 – 4 – 1
Columbian   –   4 – 5 – 1
Davidson   –   1 – 1 – 0
Richmond   –   3 – 5 – 0
North Carolina A&M   –   1 – 2 – 0
Texas A&M   –   1 – 2 – 0
Delaware   –   1 – 5 – 1
William & Mary   –   0 – 1 – 0
Marshall   –   0 – 3 – 0
South Carolina   –   0 – 3 – 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[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2North Carolina A&MChapel Hill, NC (rivalry)W 40–0
October 9GuilfordChapel Hill, NCW 16–0
October 22Greensboro A.A.Chapel Hill, NCW 24–0
October 25ClemsonChapel Hill, NCW 28–0
October 30vs. VPI
L 0–4500[1]
November 5Sewanee
W 12–6
November 6at Vanderbilt
L 0–31
November 8at Tennessee
W 16–0[2]
November 9at Asheville, NCW 14–0
November 253:00 p.mvs. Virginia
L 0–124,000[3][4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ "A Great Victory". The Times. Library of Virginia. October 31, 1897. p. 5. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  2. ^ "Two victories for Carolina". The Tar Heel. November 16, 1897. Retrieved July 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Great Game Today". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 25, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved September 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. ^ "Virginia Boys Win". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 26, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved September 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. ^ "Virginia Boys Win (continued)". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 26, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved September 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
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