1916 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1916 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	5–4 (2–1 SAIAA)
Head coach	Thomas J. Campbell (1st season)
Captain	George Tandy
Home stadium	Emerson Field

1916 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
VPI $	4	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Georgetown	2	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Washington and Lee	1	–	0	–	0			5	–	2	–	2
George Washington	2	–	1	–	0			3	–	3	–	1
North Carolina	2	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Catholic University	2	–	1	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Virginia	2	–	1	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Davidson	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Richmond	1	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	2
VMI	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
St. John's (MD)	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	0
William & Mary	0	–	2	–	1			2	–	5	–	2
Johns Hopkins	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	2	–	0
North Carolina A&M	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1916 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1916 college football season. The team captain of the 1916 season was George Tandy.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 30	Wake Forest*	Emerson Field Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 20–0
October 7	at Princeton*	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 0–29
October 14	at Harvard*	Harvard Stadium Cambridge, MA	L 0–21
October 21	at Georgia Tech*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 6–10
October 28	VMI	Emerson Field Chapel Hill, NC	W 38–13
November 4	vs. VPI	Fair Grounds Roanoke, VA	L 7–14
November 11	vs. Davidson	Winston-Salem, NC	W 10–6
November 18	Furman*	Emerson Field Chapel Hill, NC	W 46–0
November 30	at Virginia	Broad Street Park Richmond, VA (rivalry)	W 7–0
*Non-conference game