1892 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1892 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Southern co-champion
Conference	Independent
1892 record	5–1
Head coach	None
Captain	Mike Hoke
Seasons

1892 college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Penn			–					15	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					13	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					12	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					10	–	1	–	0
North Carolina			–					5	–	1	–	0
Chicago			–					8	–	4	–	1
Sewanee			–					5	–	1	–	1
Navy			–					5	–	2	–	0
Illinois			–					7	–	4	–	1
Georgetown			–					4	–	2	–	1
Colorado			–					3	–	2	–	0
Virginia			–					3	–	2	–	1
California			–					2	–	1	–	1
Stanford			–					1	–	0	–	2
Vanderbilt			–					4	–	4	–	0
Alabama			–					2	–	2	–	0
Auburn			–					2	–	2	–	0
Notre Dame			–					1	–	0	–	1
[[{{{school}}}|Stevens]]			–					1	–	1	–	0
Washington			–					1	–	1	–	0
Utah			–					0	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	5	–	1
Tennessee			–					2	–	5	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|Lafayette]]			–					5	–	7	–	0
Georgia Tech			–					0	–	3	–	0
Maryland			–					0	–	3	–	0
Lehigh			–					3	–	6	–	0

The 1892 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1892 college football season. They played six games with a final record of 5–1. The team captain for the 1892 season was Mike Hoke. The team claims a southern title even though it was defeated by Virginia, for it beat the Cavaliers in a rematch. Those games with UVA mark the beginning of the South's Oldest Rivalry.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 22	at Richmond	Richmond, VA	W 40–0
October 23	at Virginia	Madison Hall Field Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	L 30–18
November 12	at Trinity (NC)	Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	W 24–0
November 23	vs. Auburn	Atlanta, GA	W 64–0
November 24	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 24–0
November 26	vs. Virginia	Atlanta, GA	W 26–0

Players

Varsity lettermen

Line

Player	Position	Games started	Hometown	Height	Weight	Age
James Crawford Biggs	end		Oxford	5'9"	145	20
Norfleet Mann Gibbs	end			5'10"	170	20
David Alexander Kirkpatrick	guard			6'2"	230	22
George Roscoe Little	tackle			5'11"	168	19
Walter "Pete" Murphy	center		Salisbury	6'0"	200	21
James Thomas Pugh	tackle			5'10"	168	19
Eugene Malcolm Snipes	guard			5'11"	195	24

Backfield

Player	Position	Games started	Hometown	Height	Weight	Age
Alfred Smith Barnard	quarterback			5'8"	148	18
William Augustus Devin	halfback			6'0"	169	21
Michael Hoke	halfback		Raleigh	5'10"	148	18
Howard Burton Shaw	fullback			5'7"	153	24

Substitutes

Player	Position	Games started	Hometown	Height	Weight	Age
Charles Baskerville	fullback			5'9"	145	22
Martin Currie	tackle			6'2"	170	29
Louis Isaac Guion	end			6'0"	167	18
William Daniel Merritt	end			5'11"	160	19
Benjamin Edward Stanley	back			5'8"	144	20
William Preston Wooten	centre			6'2"	170	20

Unlisted

• William Pinckney

References

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