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1896 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1896 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4–1
Head coach
CaptainRobert Wright
Home stadiumCampus Athletic Field (I)
Seasons
← 1895
1897 →
1896 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Centre     6 0 1
Texas A&M     2 0 1
Oklahoma     2 0 0
North Carolina A&M     1 0 0
Virginia     7 2 2
VPI     5 2 1
Navy     5 3 0
Arkansas     2 1 0
Clemson     2 1 0
Columbian     2 1 0
Georgia Tech     2 2 1
Add-Ran     1 1 1
Centenary     1 1 0
VMI     3 4 0
North Carolina     3 4 1
Furman     2 3 0
Ole Miss     1 2 0
West Virginia     3 7 2
South Carolina     1 3 0
Erskine     0 1 0
William & Mary     0 2 0
Davidson     0 1 0
Delaware     0 6 0

The 1896 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1896 college football season. They played eight games with a final record of 3–4–1. The team captain for the 1896 season was Robert Wright.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 102:16 p.m.[1]Guilford
W 26–4
October 17at Guilford
W 34–0
October 24vs. VPI
T 0–0700[2]
October 313:00 p.m.[3]vs. GeorgiaL 16–243,000[4]
November 23:30 p.m.[5]at Charlotte A.C.L 0–8
November 73:30 p.m.[6]at Hampton A.C.
L 0–18
November 11Greensboro A.A.
  • Campus Athletic Field (I)
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 30–0
November 262:30 p.m.[7]vs. VirginiaL 0–4610,000[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 17, 1896, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  2. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 31, 1896, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  3. ^ "The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on October 31, 1896 · Page 7".
  4. ^ "Clipped from the Atlanta Constitution". The Atlanta Constitution. November 1896. p. 21.
  5. ^ "The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina on November 1, 1896 · 6".
  6. ^ "The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, November 08, 1896, Image 1". November 8, 1896.
  7. ^ a b "The News & Observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, November 27, 1896, Image 1". November 27, 1896.
  8. ^ "Virginian's Victorious". The Roanoke Times. Roanoke, Virginia. November 27, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved September 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.