1895 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1895 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1–1
Head coach
CaptainEdwin Gregory
Home stadiumCampus Athletic Field (I)
Seasons
← 1894
1896 →
1895 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas   –   5 – 0 – 0
LSU   –   3 – 0 – 0
Arkansas   –   1 – 0 – 0
Henry Kendall
   –   1 – 0 – 0
North Carolina   –   7 – 1 – 1
VMI   –   5 – 1 – 0
West Virginia   –   5 – 1 – 0
Centre   –   4 – 1 – 1
Virginia   –   9 – 3 – 0
Wofford   –   3 – 1 – 0
Navy   –   5 – 2 – 0
Ole Miss   –   2 – 1 – 0
South Carolina   –   2 – 1 – 0
VAMC   –   4 – 2 – 0
Tulane   –   3 – 2 – 0
Tennessee   –   3 – 2 – 1
Centenary   –   1 – 1 – 0
Guilford   –   1 – 1 – 0
Kentucky State College   –   4 – 5 – 0
North Carolina A&M   –   1 – 2 – 1
Central (KY)   –   1 – 2 – 0
Wake Forest   –   0 – 0 – 1
Marshall   –   0 – 1 – 1
Delaware   –   1 – 3 – 0
Columbian   –   0 – 1 – 1
Richmond   –   0 – 5 – 1
Catholic University
   –   0 – 1 – 0
Oklahoma   –   0 – 1 – 0
Furman   –   0 – 2 – 0
Mississippi A&M   –   0 – 2 – 0

The 1895 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina during the 1895 college football season. They played nine games with a final record of 7–1–1. The team captain for the 1895 season was Edwin Gregory. The team went 3–0–1 on a 6-day, 4 game road trip.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 124:15 p.m.[1]North Carolina A&M
W 36–0
October 19Richmond
  • Campus Athletic Field (I)
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 34–0
October 263:30 p.m.[2]vs. Georgia
W 6–01,500[3]
October 28at
Old Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
    		• W 12–02,000[4]
    October 29at Sewanee
    		T 0–0[5]
    October 313:30 p.m.[6]vs. Georgia
    • Athletic Park
    • Atlanta, GA
    		W 10–6350[7]
    November 93:55 p.m.[8]vs. Washington and Lee
    		W 16–0
    November 164:00 p.m.[9]vs. VAMC
    		W 32–51,000[10]
    November 282:50 p.m.[11]vs. Virginia
    		L 0–69,000[12][13][14][15]

    Season summary

    North Carolina A&M

    The season opened with a defeat of the rival A and M college by a 36–0 score Nicklin had runs of 57, 67, and 80 yards.[16]

    The starting lineup was Gregory (left end), Steele (left tackle), Hurley (left guard), White (center), Collier (right guard), Wright (right tackle), Merritt (right ed), Whitaker (quarterback), Nicklin (left halfback), Moore (right halfback), McRae (fullback).[16]

    Richmond

    The Tar Heels beat the winless Richmond Spiders 34–0.

    Pop Warner on the Georgia sidelines.

    Georgia

    1 2Total
    • UNC 6 0 6
    Georgia 0 0 0
    • Location: Athletic Grounds
      Atlanta
    • Game attendance: 1,500

    The

    Pop Warner, were defeated 6–0 what some claim is the very first (legal or otherwise; the legal pass starts in 1906) forward pass
    .

    Bob Quincy notes in his 1973 book They Made the Bell Tower Chime: "

    William Y. Atkinson attended the game.[20]

    Vanderbilt

    1 2Total
    • UNC 12 0 12
    Vanderbilt 0 0 0

    Carolina outcoached Vanderbilt on its way to a 12–0 victory. Butler had a punt return for a touchdown.[21] The game was called due to darkness.[21]

    Sewanee

    The Sewanee Tigers fought UNC to a scoreless tie.

    Georgia again

    The Georgia and Carolina teams played a second time to round out the road trip and North Carolina won 10–6.

    Washington and Lee

    The Tar Heels defeated Washington and Lee Generals 16–0.

    VAMC

    North Carolina beat VAMC in Charlotte, North Carolina with 1,000 looking on.[22] North Carolina scored three touchdowns in the first half and then scored two more touchdowns in the second half.[22] VAMC then drove to North Carolina's three-yard line, but was stopped on downs.[22] The final score was 5–32.[22]

    The starting lineup was Gregory (left end), Wright (left tackle), Hurley (left guard), White (center), Collier (right guard), Baird (right tackle), Merritt (right ed), Stanley (quarterback), Nicklin (left halfback), Moore (right halfback), Butler (fullback).[22]

    Virginia

    Virginia defeated North Carolina 10–6 in this year's version of the South's Oldest Rivalry. Virginia thereby claims a Southern championship.

    Players

    Varsity lettermen

    First award:

    • Richard Busbee
    • George Phineas Butler, fullback
    • Thomas Hurley, guard
    • Lawrence MacRae, end
    • Samuel Strong Nicklin, halfback
    • Robert Thomas Stephens Steele, guard/end
    • Joel D. Whitaker, Jr., quarterback
    • Joseph Harvey Wright, center
    • Robert Herring Wright, tackle

    Second award:

    Third award:

    • Thomas Allen Sharpe, center
    • Benjamin Edward Stanley, quarterback

    Fourth award:

    References

    1. ^ "The News & Observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, October 13, 1895, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
    2. ^ "The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on October 26, 1895 · Page 2".
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    4. ^ "The Times-Democrat from New Orleans, Louisiana on October 29, 1895 · Page 7".
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    6. ^ "The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on October 31, 1895 · Page 7".
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    8. ^ "Richmond Dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, November 10, 1895, Image 14". November 10, 1895. p. 13.
    9. ^ "The Roanoke Daily Times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, November 16, 1895, Image 5". November 16, 1895.
    10. ^ "The Times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, November 17, 1895, Image 1". November 17, 1895.
    11. ^ "The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, November 29, 1895, Image 1". November 29, 1895.
    12. ^ "The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, November 29, 1895, Image 1". November 29, 1895.
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    17. ^ a b "Tar Heels Credited with Throwing First Forward Pass". Tar Heel Times. tarheeltimes.com. Archived from the original on December 19, 2006. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
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    22. ^ a b c d e "Blacksburg Defeated". The Times. Library of Virginia. November 17, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
    23. ^ "1895 UNC Football Roster".
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