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1897 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1897 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
CaptainArthur Belden
Home stadiumCampus Athletic Field (I)
Seasons
← 1896
1898 →
1897 Southern college football independents records
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
Davidson   –   1 – 1 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   1 – 1 – 0
Columbian   –   4 – 5 – 1
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 as an independent during the 1897 college football season. Led by first-year head coach William Ayres Reynolds, the Tar Heels compiled a record of 7–3. Arthur Belden was the team captain.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 24:00 p.m.[1]North Carolina A&M
W 40–0300[1][2]
October 92:05 p.m.[3]Guilford
  • Campus Athletic Field (I)
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 16–0[4]
October 21Greensboro A.A.
  • Campus Athletic Field (I)
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 24–0[5][6]
October 252:00 p.m.[7]Clemson
  • Campus Athletic Field (I)
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 28–0200[7][8]
October 303:30 p.m.[7]vs. VPI
L 0–4500[9]
November 53:15 p.m.[10]at Sewanee
W 12–6
November 64:00 p.m.[11]at Vanderbilt
L 0–31[12]
November 83:00 p.m.[13]at Tennessee
W 16–0[14]
November 93:30 p.m.[15]at Robert Bingham School
W 14–0300[16]
November 253:00 p.m.[17]vs. Virginia
L 0–124,000[18][19][20][21]

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 08, 1897, Image 1". October 8, 1897. p. 1.
  2. ^ "North Carolina colleges play". The Atlanta Constitution. October 4, 1897. Retrieved July 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 15, 1897, Image 1". October 15, 1897. p. 1.
  4. ^ "University Wins Again". Raleigh Times. Raleigh, North Carolina. October 11, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved August 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 22, 1897, Page 3, Image 3 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  6. ^ "Greensboro evening telegram. (Greensboro, N.C.) 1897-1900, October 22, 1897, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  7. ^ a b c "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 02, 1897, Image 1". November 2, 1897. p. 1.
  8. ^ "The University won, Clemson College defeated by a score of twenty-eight to nothing". The News and Observer. October 26, 1897. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "A Great Victory". The Times. Library of Virginia. October 31, 1897. p. 5. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  10. ^ "The Times-Democrat from New Orleans, Louisiana on November 7, 1897 · Page 8 (newspapers.com)".
  11. ^ "Nashville Banner from Nashville, Tennessee on November 5, 1897 · 5 (newspapers.com)".
  12. ^ "Goal from the field, Phil Connell's good foot ably assists in piling up a victorious score". The Nashville American. November 7, 1897. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "The Journal and Tribune from Knoxville, Tennessee on November 8, 1897 · 5 (newspapers.com)".
  14. ^ "Two victories for Carolina". The Tar Heel. November 16, 1897. Retrieved July 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 16, 1897, Image 1". November 16, 1897. p. 1.
  16. ^ "Charlotte Daily Observer. (Charlotte, N.C.) 1897-1916, October 13, 1904, Page 2, Image 2 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  17. ^ "Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, November 25, 1897, Image 8". November 25, 1897. p. 8.
  18. ^ "Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, November 26, 1897, Image 1". November 26, 1897.
  19. ^ "Great Game Today". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 25, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved September 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  20. ^ "Virginia Boys Win". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 26, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved September 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  21. ^ "Virginia Boys Win (continued)". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 26, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved September 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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