1899 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1899 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record7–3–1 (1–1 SIAA)
Head coach
Assistant coachJohn Gere Jayne (1st season)
CaptainSamuel Shull
Home stadiumCampus Athletic Field (I)
Seasons
← 1898
1900 →
1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Sewanee $ 11 0 0 12 0 0
Vanderbilt 5 0 0 7 2 0
Alabama 1 0 0 3 1 0
Nashville 3 1 0 3 1 0
Tennessee 2 1 0 6 2 0
Auburn 2 1 1 3 1 1
Texas 3 2 0 6 2 0
North Carolina 1 1 0 7 3 0
Ole Miss 3 4 0 3 4 0
Georgia 2 3 1 2 3 1
Clemson 1 2 0 4 2 0
Central (KY) 1 2 0 1 2 0
LSU 1 3 0 1 4 0
Kentucky State 0 1 0 5 2 2
SW Presbyterian 0 1 0 1 1 0
Cumberland (TN) 0 3 0 0 3 0
Georgia Tech 0 5 0 0 6 0
Tulane 0 5 0 0 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1899 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. They played eleven games with a final record of 7–3–1. The team captain for the 1899 season was Samuel Shull.[1]

Former Sewanee head coach John Gere Jayne (Princeton '97) was hired as an assistant coach.

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 74:00 p.m.[2]North Carolina A&M
W 34–0
October 121:30 p.m.[3]Oak Ridge
  • Campus Athletic Field (I)
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 16–0
October 142:00 p.m.[3]Guilford
  • Campus Athletic Field (I)
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 45–0
October 213:30 p.m.[4]vs. DavidsonW 10–0[5]
October 232:00 p.m.[4]Horner's School (NC)
  • Campus Athletic Field (I)
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 46–0
October 282:00 p.m.[6]at North Carolina A&MT 11–11
October 313:15 p.m.[7]"Old" Maryland
  • Campus Athletic Field (I)
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 6–0
November 4at NavyL 0–12
November 82:00 p.m.[8]at PrincetonL 0–30
November 302:30 p.m.[9]vs. GeorgiaW 5–03,000[10]
December 22:30 p.m.[11]vs. Sewanee
  • Piedmont Park
  • Atlanta, GA
L 0–52,000[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Hellenian [1900] :: North Carolina College and University Yearbooks". Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
  2. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 11, 1899, Image 1". No. 1899/10/11. October 11, 1899. p. 1.
  3. ^ a b "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 18, 1899, Image 1". No. 1899/10/18. October 18, 1899. p. 1.
  4. ^ a b "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 25, 1899, Image 1". No. 1899/10/25. October 25, 1899. p. 1.
  5. ^ "University defeats Davidson College by a close score". The Morning Post. October 22, 1899. Retrieved September 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "The News & Observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, October 27, 1899, Image 5". No. 1899/10/27. October 27, 1899. p. 5.
  7. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 08, 1899, Image 1". No. 1899/11/08. November 8, 1899. p. 1.
  8. ^ "Daily Princetonian 8 November 1899 – Princeton Periodicals".
  9. ^ "The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on November 30, 1899 · Page 1 (newspapers.com)".
  10. ^ "The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on December 1, 1899 · Page 3 (newspapers.com)".
  11. ^ "The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on December 2, 1899 · Page 1 (newspapers.com)".
  12. ^ "The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on December 3, 1899 · Page 8 (newspapers.com)".