The 1915 North Carolina Tar Heels football team was an American football team that represented the University of North Carolina in the 1915 college football season. The team compiled a 4–3–1 record and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 105 to 98.[1]
| 1915 North Carolina Tar Heels football | |
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| Conference | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 4–3–1 (0–2 SAIAA) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Dave Tayloe |
| Home stadium | Class Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia + | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington and Lee + | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown + | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catholic University | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Johns Hopkins | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richmond | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VPI | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina A&M | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2 | The Citadel |
| W 14–7 | [2] | ||
| October 9 | Wake Forest |
| W 35–0 | [3] | ||
| October 16 | 3:00 p.m.[4] | at Georgetown |
| L 0–38 | [5] | |
| October 23 | 3:00 p.m.[6] | vs. VMI | T 3–3 | [7] | ||
| October 30 | 2:30 p.m.[8] | at Georgia Tech | L 3–23 | [9] | ||
| November 6 | 3:00 p.m.[10] | vs. Clemson |
| W 9–7 | 2,000[11] | [12] |
| November 13 | 3:00 p.m.[13] | vs. Davidson |
| W 41–6 | [14] | |
| November 25 | 2:35 p.m.[15] | vs. Virginia | L 0–14 | 13,000[16] | [17][18] |
References
edit- ^ "1915 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 07, 1915, Page 3, Image 3 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
- ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 14, 1915, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
- ^ "The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, October 16, 1915, HOME EDITION, Image 10". October 16, 1915. p. 10.
- ^ "Carolina easy prey for Georgetown". The Charlotte News. October 17, 1915. Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Greensboro Daily News. (Greensboro, N.C.) 1909-1984, October 22, 1915, Page 6, Image 6 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
- ^ "University of North Carolina and V.M.I. battle to a tie". Greensboro Daily News. October 24, 1915. Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on October 30, 1915 · Page 8".
- ^ "Yellow Jackets of Tech playes aerial game against N.C." The Greenville News. October 31, 1915. Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Greenville News from Greenville, South Carolina on November 6, 1915 · Page 3".
- ^ "The Greenville News from Greenville, South Carolina on November 7, 1915 · Page 10".
- ^ "Tar Heels won the contest over Tigers". The Greenville News. November 7, 1915. Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Winston-Salem Journal from Winston-Salem, North Carolina on November 13, 1915 · Page 6".
- ^ "Carolina showed exceptional form". Charlotte Daily Observer. November 14, 1915. Retrieved September 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, December 02, 1915, Image 1". December 2, 1915. p. 1.
- ^ "The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, November 26, 1915, Image 5". November 26, 1915.
- ^ "Virginia Crushes Carolina Hopes By Score Of 14 To 0". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 26, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved January 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Virginia Crushes Carolina Hopes By Score Of 14 To 0 (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 26, 1915. p. 9. Retrieved January 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
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