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1888 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1888 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–3
Head coach
Home stadiumEmerson Field
Seasons
1889 →
1888 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgetown     4 2 0
Trinity (NC)     2 1 0
Virginia     2 1 0
Wake Forest     2 1 0
Johns Hopkins     6 5 0
Richmond     1 2 0
North Carolina     1 3 0
Navy     1 4 0
Gallaudet        
Randolph–Macon        
St. John's (MD)        

The 1888 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1888 college football season. They played four games with a final record of 1–3. This was the first season the University fielded a football team. The team captains for the 1888 season were Bob Bingham and Steve Bragaw. The game against Wake Forest was the first in the state, and the first against Trinity the first "scientific" game in the state. Ergo, one or the other is the first intercollegiate game in North Carolina. Princeton star Hector Cowan traveled south and trained the team.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 18vs. Wake Forest
L 4–6
November 29at Trinity (NC)Raleigh, NC (Victory Bell)L 0–16
March 1 1889vs. Wake ForestRaleigh, NCW 33–0
March 8 1889vs. Trinity (NC)Raleigh, NCL 17–25

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See also

References

  1. ^ "Outing; Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction". google.com. 1895.
  2. ^ "1888 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE". Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  3. ^ "1889 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE". Retrieved 1 December 2020.