1892 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

American college football season

1892 North Carolina Tar Heels football

Southern co-champion

Conference| Independent
Record| 5–1
Head coach|

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Captain| Michael Hoke
Home stadium| Campus Athletic Field (I)

Seasons

<- 1891

1893 ->

1892 Southern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Centre |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 0
Biddle |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 0  | - | 0
Furman |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 0  | - | 0
Mercer |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 0  | - | 0
North Carolina A&M |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 0  | - | 0
Virginia Military |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 1
Wake Forest |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 1
Johns Hopkins |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
North Carolina |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0
Central (KY) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0
Sewanee |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 1
Navy |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
Georgetown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 1
Virginia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 1
Vanderbilt |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Alabama |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0
Auburn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0
Georgia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0
Virginia A&M |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0
Western Maryland |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 0  | - | 1
Richmond |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0
Delaware |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 2  | - | 2
Kentucky A&M |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 1
Tennessee |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0
Trinity (NC) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0
Hampden–Sydney |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0
Livingstone |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0
Maryville (TN) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0
South Carolina |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0
Georgia Tech |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0
Maryland |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 3  | - | 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 Michael Hoke. The team claims a southern title even though it was defeated by Virginia, for it beat the Cavaliers in a rematch.[1] Those games with UVA mark the beginning of the South's Oldest Rivalry.

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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October 21| 3:40 p.m.[2]| at Richmond|

* Island Park
* Richmond, VA

| W 40–0| 400[2]| [3]
October 22| | at Virginia|

* Madison Hall Field
* Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)

| L 30–18| |
November 12| 3:17 p.m.[4]| at Trinity (NC)|

* Trinity Park
* Durham, NC (rivalry)

| W 24–0| 350[5]|
November 23| 2:30 p.m.[6]| vs. Auburn|

* Brisbine Park
* Atlanta, GA

| W 64–0| | [7]
November 24| 3:45 p.m.[8]| at Vanderbilt|

* Old Dudley Field
* Nashville, TN

| W 24–0| | [9]
November 26| 3:00 p.m.[10]| vs. Virginia|

* Brisbine Park
* Atlanta, GA

| W 26–0| 2,000[11]| [12][13]

## Players

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### Varsity lettermen

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#### Line

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Player  | Position  | Games
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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

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Player  | Position  | Games
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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

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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

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* William Pinckney

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## References

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1. ^ "All-Southern Champions In 1892". The Charlotte Observer. November 26, 1922. Retrieved March 4, 2015 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ a b "The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, October 22, 1892, Image 1". October 22, 1892.
3. ^ "Richmonds And Universitys". The Times. Richmond, Virginia. October 22, 1892. p. 1. Retrieved September 13, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
4. ^ "The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, November 15, 1892, Image 4". November 15, 1892.
5. ^ "The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, November 16, 1892, Image 1". November 16, 1892.
6. ^ "The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on November 23, 1892 · Page 5".
7. ^ "The College Boys". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. November 24, 1892. p. 7. Retrieved September 13, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
8. ^ "The Tennessean from Nashville, Tennessee on November 25, 1892 · 6".
9. ^ "North Carolina wins; A magnificent team snatches a football victory from Vanderbilt University". Nashville Banner. November 25, 1892. Retrieved March 25, 2022 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on November 26, 1892 · Page 5".
11. ^ "The Weekly Telegraph from Macon, Georgia on November 28, 1892 · 7".
12. ^ "The Last Game". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. November 26, 1892. p. 5. Retrieved September 13, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
13. ^ "The White And Blue". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. November 27, 1892. p. 20. Retrieved September 13, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
14. ^ "1892 UNC Football Roster". Retrieved March 5, 2015.

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North Carolina Tar Heels football

Venues|

* Emerson Field (1916–1926)
* Kenan Memorial Stadium (1927–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Duke: Victory Bell
* NC State
* South Carolina
* Virginia: South's Oldest Rivalry
* Wake Forest

Culture & lore|

* First forward pass
* Rameses
* The Marching Tar Heels
* 2010 football scandal
* 2011 academic-athletic scandal

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* Head coaches
* All-Americans
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Independent southern football champions

* Virginia (1889)
* Virginia (1890)
* Trinity (1891)
* North Carolina or Virginia (1892)
* Virginia (1893)
* Virginia (1894)
* Virginia (1895)
* Virginia (1896)
* Virginia (1897)
* North Carolina (1898)
* Virginia (1900)
* Gallaudet or Virginia (1901)
* Virginia (1902)
* Georgetown or Kentucky U. (1903)
* Georgetown (1904)
* VPI (1905)
* Virginia or George Washington (1908)
* VPI (1909)
* Georgia Tech (1915)
* Centre (1921)
* Centre (1924)
* William & Mary (1926)

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