1915 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

American college football season

1915 North Carolina Tar Heels football

Conference| South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record| 4–3–1 (0–2 SAIAA)
Head coach|

* Thomas Trenchard (4th season)

Captain| Dave Tayloe
Home stadium| Class Field

Seasons

<- 1914

1916 ->

1915 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

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

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October 2| | The Citadel|

* Class Field
* Chapel Hill, NC

| W 14–7| | [2]
October 9| | Wake Forest|

* Class Field
* Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)

| W 35–0| | [3]
October 16| 3:00 p.m.[4]| at Georgetown|

* Georgetown Field
* Washington, DC

| L 0–38| | [5]
October 23| 3:00 p.m.[6]| vs. VMI|

* Cone Athletic Park (II)
* Greensboro, NC

| T 3–3| | [7]
October 30| 2:30 p.m.[8]| at Georgia Tech|

* Grant Field
* Atlanta, GA

| L 3–23| | [9]
November 6| 3:00 p.m.[10]| vs. Clemson|

* Augusta Street Park
* Greenville, SC

| W 9–7| 2,000[11]| [12]
November 13| 3:00 p.m.[13]| vs. Davidson|

* Prince Albert Park
* Winston-Salem, NC

| W 41–6| | [14]
November 25| 2:35 p.m.[15]| vs. Virginia|

* Broad Street Park (II)
* Richmond, VA (rivalry)

| L 0–14| 13,000[16]| [17][18]

* All times are in Eastern time

## 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 .
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 .

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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

People|

* Head coaches
* All-Americans
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

Seasons|

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