The 1896 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1896 college football season. They played eight games with a final record of 3–4–1. The team captain for the 1896 season was Robert Wright.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 10 | 2:16 p.m.[1] | Guilford | | W 26–4 | | |
| October 17 | | at Guilford | | W 34–0 | | |
| October 24 | | vs. VPI | | T 0–0 | 700[2] | |
| October 31 | 3:00 p.m.[3] | vs. Georgia | | L 16–24 | 3,000[4] | |
| November 2 | 3:30 p.m.[5] | at Charlotte A.C. | | L 0–8 | | |
| November 7 | 3:30 p.m.[6] | at Hampton A.C. | | L 0–18 | | |
| November 11 | | Greensboro A.A. | - Campus Athletic Field (I)
- Chapel Hill, NC
| W 30–0 | | |
| November 26 | 2:30 p.m.[7] | vs. Virginia | | L 0–46 | 10,000[7] | [8] |
References
- ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 17, 1896, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
- ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 31, 1896, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
- ^ "The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on October 31, 1896 · Page 7".
- ^ "Clipped from the Atlanta Constitution". The Atlanta Constitution. November 1896. p. 21.
- ^ "The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina on November 1, 1896 · 6".
- ^ "The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, November 08, 1896, Image 1". November 8, 1896.
- ^ a b "The News & Observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, November 27, 1896, Image 1". November 27, 1896.
- ^ "Virginian's Victorious". The Roanoke Times. Roanoke, Virginia. November 27, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved September 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
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