1894 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1894 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3
Head coach	Vernon K. Irvine (1st season)
Captain	Charles Baskerville
Home stadium	Campus Athletic Field (I)

1894 Southern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
VMI			–					6	–	0	–	0
Hampden–Sydney			–					1	–	0	–	0
Tennessee			–					2	–	0	–	2
Vanderbilt			–					7	–	1	–	0
Ole Miss			–					6	–	1	–	0
Texas			–					6	–	1	–	0
Georgia			–					5	–	1	–	0
Kentucky State College			–					5	–	1	–	0
VAMC			–					4	–	1	–	0
Virginia			–					8	–	2	–	0
Centre			–					3	–	1	–	0
Alabama			–					3	–	1	–	0
Navy			–					4	–	1	–	2
North Carolina			–					6	–	3	–	0
Arkansas			–					2	–	1	–	0
LSU			–					2	–	1	–	0
West Virginia			–					2	–	2	–	0
Texas A&M			–					1	–	1	–	0
Delaware			–					1	–	1	–	0
Georgetown			–					4	–	5	–	0
Sewanee			–					3	–	4	–	0
Auburn			–					1	–	3	–	0
Johns Hopkins			–					1	–	4	–	1
Richmond			–					0	–	4	–	2
Centenary			–					0	–	1	–	0
Trinity (NC)			–					0	–	1	–	0
William & Mary			–					0	–	1	–	0
North Carolina A&M			–					0	–	2	–	0
South Carolina			–					0	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech			–					0	–	3	–	0
Tulane			–					0	–	4	–	0

The 1894 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1894 college football season. They played nine games with a final record of 6–3. The team captain for the 1894 season was Charles Baskerville.

Because Trinity (Duke) suspended play of intercollegiate football this season's contest was the last one until 1922.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 12		North Carolina A&M	Campus Athletic Field (I) Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 44–0	300	[1]
October 20	2:15 p.m.[2]	at North Carolina A&M	Athletic Park Raleigh, NC	W 16–0
October 24	2:50 p.m.[2]	Trinity (NC)	Campus Athletic Field (I) Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 28–0
October 27	3:30 p.m.[3]	vs. Sewanee	Allandale Field Asheville, NC	W 36–4
October 31		at Lehigh	Athletic Grounds[4] South Bethlehem, PA	L 6–24		[5]
November 1	3:45 p.m.[6]	at Rutgers	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	L 0–5		[6]
November 3	4:00 p.m.[7]	at Georgetown	Georgetown Field Washington DC	W 20–4	300[8]
November 10		vs. Richmond	Athletic Park Greensboro, NC	W 28–0		[9]
November 29	3:30 p.m.[10]	vs. Virginia	West-End Park Richmond, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	L 0–34	6,000[10]	[11]

References

1. "University 44, A & M. 0". The Tar Heel. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. October 18, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved November 18, 2024 – via DigitalNC.
2. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 25, 1894, Image 1". October 25, 1894. p. 1.
3. "Asheville Daily Citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, October 25, 1894, Image 4 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
4. "Calendar". Brown and White. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. October 29, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
5. "Lehigh, 24; North Carolina, 6". The Philadelphia Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 1, 1894. p. 10. Retrieved November 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
6. "Won By a Goal From the Field: Rutgers Beats University of North Carolina". The Daily Times (New Brunswick, NJ). November 2, 1894. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "The Washington times. (Washington, D.C.) 1894-1895, November 03, 1894, Image 3". November 3, 1894. p. 3.
8. "The Washington times. (Washington, D.C.) 1894-1895, November 04, 1894, Image 3". November 4, 1894.
9. "The Richmond's Defeated". The Times. Richmond, Virginia. November 11, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved September 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
10. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 29, 1894, Image 1". November 29, 1894. p. 1.
11. "Orange And Blue". The Times. Richmond, Virginia. November 30, 1894. p. 3. Retrieved September 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .