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1915 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1915 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceSouth Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–3–1 (0–2 SAIAA)
Head coach
CaptainDave Tayloe
Home stadiumClass Field
Seasons
← 1914
1916 →
1915 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • + – Conference co-champions

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]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2The Citadel
W 14–7[2]
October 9Wake Forest
  • Class Field
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 35–0[3]
October 163:00 p.m.[4]at Georgetown
L 0–38[5]
October 233:00 p.m.[6]vs. VMIT 3–3[7]
October 302:30 p.m.[8]at Georgia TechL 3–23[9]
November 63:00 p.m.[10]vs. Clemson
W 9–72,000[11][12]
November 133:00 p.m.[13]vs. Davidson
W 41–6[14]
November 252:35 p.m.[15]vs. VirginiaL 0–1413,000[16][17][18]

References

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  1. ^ "1915 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  2. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 07, 1915, Page 3, Image 3 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  3. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 14, 1915, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  4. ^ "The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, October 16, 1915, HOME EDITION, Image 10". October 16, 1915. p. 10.
  5. ^ "Carolina easy prey for Georgetown". The Charlotte News. October 17, 1915. Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Greensboro Daily News. (Greensboro, N.C.) 1909-1984, October 22, 1915, Page 6, Image 6 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on October 30, 1915 · Page 8".
  9. ^ "Yellow Jackets of Tech playes aerial game against N.C." The Greenville News. October 31, 1915. Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "The Greenville News from Greenville, South Carolina on November 6, 1915 · Page 3".
  11. ^ "The Greenville News from Greenville, South Carolina on November 7, 1915 · Page 10".
  12. ^ "Tar Heels won the contest over Tigers". The Greenville News. November 7, 1915. Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Winston-Salem Journal from Winston-Salem, North Carolina on November 13, 1915 · Page 6".
  14. ^ "Carolina showed exceptional form". Charlotte Daily Observer. November 14, 1915. Retrieved September 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, December 02, 1915, Image 1". December 2, 1915. p. 1.
  16. ^ "The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, November 26, 1915, Image 5". November 26, 1915.
  17. ^ "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 Open access icon.
  18. ^ "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 Open access icon.