1893 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1893 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1893 college football season. They played seven games with a final record of 3–4. The team captain for the 1893 season was A. S. Bernard. William J. "Yup" Cook (Princeton '89) was hired as the first full-time coach.[1][2]

1893 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4
Head coach
  • William J. "Yup" Cook (1st season)
CaptainA. S. Bernard
Home stadiumCampus Athletic Field (I)
Seasons
← 1892
1894 →
1893 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maryland     6 0 0
Texas     4 0 0
Central (KY)     2 0 0
Howard     2 0 0
North Carolina A&M     2 0 0
Vanderbilt     6 1 0
Auburn     3 0 2
Virginia     8 2 0
Ole Miss     4 1 0
Centre     4 1 0
Trinity (NC)     3 1 0
VMI     3 1 0
Kentucky State College     5 2 1
Delaware     2 1 0
Georgia Tech     2 1 0
Guilford     2 1 0
West Virginia     2 1 0
William & Mary     2 1 0
Navy     5 3 0
Richmond     3 2 0
Georgetown     4 4 0
Sewanee     3 3 0
Furman     1 1 0
Georgia     2 2 1
Western Maryland     1 1 0
Johns Hopkins     2 3 2
North Carolina     3 4 0
Tennessee     2 4 0
Tulane     1 2 0
Wake Forest     1 2 0
Hampden–Sydney     0 1 0
LSU     0 1 0
Maryville (TN)     0 1 0
Mercer     0 1 0
Wofford     0 1 0
VAMC     0 2 0
Alabama     0 4 0

This was the first Carolina football team to wear the varsity sweater with the familiar monogram 'NC'.[3]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 204:15 p.m.[4]at Washington and Lee
W 44–0525[5]
October 213:20 p.m.[6]at VMI
  • Parade Grounds
  • Lexington, VA
L 4–10625[6]
October 283:30 p.m.[7]at Trinity (NC)
L 4–6
November 3Tennessee
W 60–0
November 182:45 p.m.[8]vs. Wake Forest
W 40–0
November 252:30 p.m.[9]vs. LehighL 0–34200[9]
November 302:15 p.m.[10]vs. VirginiaL 0–163,500–4,000[10][11][12]

References

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  1. ^ "The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina on January 31, 1937 · 2".
  2. ^ "News-observer-chronicle. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1893-1894, November 17, 1893, Image 1". November 17, 1893.
  3. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, March 23, 1893, Image 1". March 23, 1893. p. 1.
  4. ^ "North Carolina University Magazine". 1893.
  5. ^ "Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, October 21, 1893, Image 4". October 21, 1893. p. 4.
  6. ^ a b "Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, October 22, 1893, Image 7". October 22, 1893.
  7. ^ "The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, October 30, 1893, Image 1". October 30, 1893.
  8. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 23, 1893, Image 1". November 23, 1893. p. 1.
  9. ^ a b The Lehigh Burr. Lehigh University. 1893.
  10. ^ a b "The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, December 01, 1893, Image 1". December 1893.
  11. ^ "Foot-ball". The Times. Richmond, Virginia. November 28, 1893. p. 6. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  12. ^ "Win Fresh Laurels". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. December 1, 1893. p. 1. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .