1891 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

American college football season

1891 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	North Carolina Inter-Collegiate Football Association
Record	0–2 (0-2 NCIFA)
Head coach	None
Captain	Michael Hoke, George Graham
Home stadium	Campus Athletic Field (I)
Seasons← 1889 1892 →

1891 Southern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Trinity (NC)		–		3	–	0	–	0
Wake Forest		–		1	–	0	–	0
VMI		–		3	–	0	–	1
Vanderbilt		–		3	–	1	–	0
Navy		–		5	–	2	–	0
Virginia		–		2	–	1	–	2
Delaware		–		5	–	3	–	1
Kentucky State College		–		1	–	1	–	0
Georgetown		–		2	–	2	–	0
Sewanee		–		1	–	2	–	0
Central (KY)		–		0	–	1	–	0
Furman		–		0	–	1	–	0
Tennessee		–		0	–	1	–	0
West Virginia		–		0	–	1	–	0
Johns Hopkins		–		0	–	2	–	0
Mercer		–		0	–	2	–	0
North Carolina		–		0	–	2	–	0
Richmond		–		0	–	2	–	0

The 1891 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1891 college football season. They played two games with a final record of 0–2. There had been no football team since 1889 prior to this season. The team captains for the 1891 season were Michael Hoke and George Graham. William P. Graves has been reported as this team's coach, but he was the coach in the spring of 1891 when UNC was scheduled to play, but did not. UNC was leading in its contest with Wake Forest but forfeited before the game was over.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
November 10	3:05 p.m.	vs. Wake Forest	Athletic Park Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	L (by forfeit)	500
November 20	4:15 p.m.	Trinity (NC)	Campus Athletic Field (I) Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	L 4–6	300

References

"Outing; Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction". google.com. 1895.
^ "The news and observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1880-1893, November 12, 1891, Image 2". November 12, 1891.
^ "The news and observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1880-1893, November 22, 1891, Image 4". November 22, 1891.
"Trinity wins, the University boys done up in the game of football yesterday". Durham Globe. November 21, 1891. Retrieved October 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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