1898 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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]

1898 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Southern champion
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0
Head coach
CaptainFrank O. Rogers
Home stadiumCampus Athletic Field (I)
Seasons
← 1897
1899 →
1898 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North Carolina     9 0 0
Central (KY)     3 0 1
Oklahoma     2 0 0
Navy     7 1 0
West Virginia     6 1 0
Marshall     4 1 0
Georgetown     7 3 0
Texas A&M     4 2 0
VMI     4 2 0
Arkansas Industrial     2 1 0
Centre     2 1 2
VPI     3 2 0
Virginia     6 5 0
Richmond     3 3 1
Davidson     1 1 0
William & Mary     1 1 0
South Carolina     1 2 0
Delaware     2 5 2
Columbian     3 6 0
North Carolina A&M     1 2 0
Add-Ran     1 3 1
Maryland     2 6 1
Guilford     0 3 0

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 12:00 p.m.[2]Guilford
W 18–0
October 154:00 p.m.[3]North Carolina A&M
  • Campus Athletic Field (I)
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 34–0[4]
October 202:00 p.m.[5]Greensboro A.A.
  • Campus Athletic Field (I)
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 11–0
October 29Oak Ridge
  • Campus Athletic Field (I)
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 11–0
November 411:00 a.m.[6]vs. VPIW 28–6[6][7]
November 53:30 p.m.[8]DavidsonW 11–0[9]
November 12vs. Georgia
W 53–01,000[10]
November 154:00 p.m.[11]Auburn
W 29–0[12][13]
November 242:30 p.m.[14]vs. VirginiaW 6–23,000[15][16][17]

Game summaries

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Guilford

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The season opened with an 18–0 defeat of the Guilford Quakers.[18] Charles Baskerville was umpire.[18]

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).[18]

North Carolina A&M

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In the second week of play, the Tar Heels defeated the in-state rival North Carolina A&M 34–0.

Greensboro A. A.

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Against the Greensboro Athletic Association, UNC won 11–0.

Oak Ridge

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Oak Ridge was beaten 11–0.

V. P. I.

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Touchdowns were made by Bennett, Gregory, Copeland, Shull, and Howell in a 28–6 win over V. P. I.[19]

Davidson

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North Carolina beat Davidson 11–0.

Georgia

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In Macon, the Tar Heels blew out the Georgia Bulldogs 53–0.[20] Tick Tichenor wrote "Such a crush defeat as Georgia sustained at the hands of North Carolina today is almost unparalleled in football".[21]

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).[20]

Auburn

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The Tar Heels won over John Heisman's Auburn Tigers 29–0.

Virginia

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UNC beat rival Virginia, 6–2, for 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.[22]

Players

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Line

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Umphlett, Wiley Lee (1992). Creating the Big Game: John W. Heisman and the Invention of American Football. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 55. ISBN 9780313284045.
  2. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 04, 1898, Image 1". October 4, 1898. p. 1.
  3. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 18, 1898, Image 1". October 18, 1898. p. 1.
  4. ^ "Walk-over for 'Varsity; Carolina defeats the Agricultural and Mechanical boys by a score of 34 to 0". The Tar Heel. October 18, 1898. Retrieved July 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 25, 1898, Image 1". October 25, 1898. p. 1.
  6. ^ a b "Winston-Salem Journal from Winston-Salem, North Carolina on November 3, 1898 · Page 1 (newspapers.com)".
  7. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 08, 1898, Image 1". November 8, 1898. p. 1.
  8. ^ "Charlotte daily observer. (Charlotte, N.C.) 1897-1916, November 05, 1898, Image 6". November 5, 1898. p. 6.
  9. ^ "The contest on the gridiron, University won over Davidson". Charlotte Daily Observer. November 6, 1898. Retrieved September 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "The News & Observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, November 13, 1898, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  11. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 16, 1898, Image 2". November 16, 1898. p. 2.
  12. ^ "Auburn, too, goes down to Tar men". The Atlanta Journal. November 15, 1898. Retrieved February 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Auburn eleven fails to score". The Birmingham Age-Herald. November 15, 1898. Retrieved February 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, November 24, 1898, Image 1". November 24, 1898.
  15. ^ "The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, November 25, 1898, Image 1". November 25, 1898.
  16. ^ "Blue And White Win". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 25, 1898. p. 1. Retrieved September 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  17. ^ "Blue And White Win (continued)". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 25, 1898. p. 6. Retrieved September 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  18. ^ a b c "The University Team Defeats Guilford 18 to 0". The Charlotte Observer. November 13, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved August 4, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.  
  19. ^ "Carolina Wins A football Game". The Wilmington Messenger. November 5, 1898. p. 1. Retrieved June 3, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.  
  20. ^ a b "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.  
  21. ^ "Football Man Tells of Game". The Atlanta Constitution. November 13, 1898. p. 22. Retrieved August 4, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.  
  22. ^ "Our Tar Heels Triumphant". The Morning Post. November 25, 1898. p. 1. Retrieved June 3, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.