1899 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1899 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. They played eleven games with a final record of 7–3–1. The team captain for the 1899 season was Samuel Shull.[1]

1899 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record7–3–1 (1–1 SIAA)
Head coach
Assistant coachJohn Gere Jayne (1st season)
CaptainSamuel Shull
Home stadiumCampus Athletic Field (I)
1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Sewanee $ 11 –0 –012 –0 –0
Vanderbilt 5 –0 –07 –2 –0
Alabama 1 –0 –03 –1 –0
Nashville 3 –1 –03 –1 –0
Tennessee 2 –1 –06 –2 –0
Auburn 2 –1 –13 –1 –1
Texas 3 –2 –06 –2 –0
North Carolina 1 –1 –07 –3 –0
Ole Miss 3 –4 –03 –4 –0
Georgia 2 –3 –12 –3 –1
Clemson 1 –2 –04 –2 –0
Central (KY) 1 –2 –01 –2 –0
LSU 1 –3 –01 –4 –0
Kentucky State 0 –1 –05 –2 –2
SW Presbyterian 0 –1 –01 –1 –0
Cumberland (TN) 0 –3 –00 –3 –0
Georgia Tech 0 –5 –00 –5 –0
Tulane 0 –5 –00 –6 –1
  • $ – Conference champion

Former Sewanee head coach John Gere Jayne (Princeton '97) was hired as an assistant coach.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 74:00 p.m.[2]North Carolina A&M
W 34–0
October 121:30 p.m.[3]Oak Ridge
  • Campus Athletic Field (I)
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 16–0
October 142:00 p.m.[3]Guilford
  • Campus Athletic Field (I)
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 45–0
October 213:30 p.m.[4]vs. Davidson
W 10–0[5]
October 232:00 p.m.[4]Horner's School (NC)
  • Campus Athletic Field (I)
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 46–0
October 282:00 p.m.[6]at North Carolina A&M
T 11–11
October 313:15 p.m.[7]"Old" Maryland
  • Campus Athletic Field (I)
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 6–0
November 4at Navy
L 0–12
November 82:00 p.m.[8]at Princeton
L 0–30
November 302:30 p.m.[9]vs. Georgia
W 5–03,000[10]
December 22:30 p.m.[11]vs. Sewanee
  • Piedmont Park
  • Atlanta, GA
L 0–52,000[12]

References
  1. "The Hellenian [1900] :: North Carolina College and University Yearbooks". Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
  2. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 11, 1899, Image 1". No. 1899/10/11. October 11, 1899. p. 1.
  3. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 18, 1899, Image 1". No. 1899/10/18. October 18, 1899. p. 1.
  4. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 25, 1899, Image 1". No. 1899/10/25. October 25, 1899. p. 1.
  5. "University defeats Davidson College by a close score". The Morning Post. October 22, 1899. Retrieved September 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "The News & Observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, October 27, 1899, Image 5". No. 1899/10/27. October 27, 1899. p. 5.
  7. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 08, 1899, Image 1". No. 1899/11/08. November 8, 1899. p. 1.
  8. "Daily Princetonian 8 November 1899 – Princeton Periodicals".
  9. "The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on November 30, 1899 · Page 1 (newspapers.com)".
  10. "The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on December 1, 1899 · Page 3 (newspapers.com)".
  11. "The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on December 2, 1899 · Page 1 (newspapers.com)".
  12. "The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on December 3, 1899 · Page 8 (newspapers.com)".


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