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1889 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceNorth Carolina Inter-Collegiate Football Association
Record1–1 (1–1 NCIFA)
Head coach
  • None
CaptainLacy Little, Steve Bragaw
Home stadiumCampus Athletic Field (I)
Seasons← 18881891 →
1889 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Trinity (NC)   –   2 – 0 – 0
Georgetown   –   5 – 1 – 0
Navy   –   4 – 1 – 1
Virginia   –   4 – 2 – 0
Wake Forest   –   2 – 2 – 0
North Carolina   –   1 – 1 – 0
Delaware   –   1 – 1 – 1
Johns Hopkins   –   2 – 4 – 1
Richmond   –   1 – 2 – 0
Dover Conference Academy   –   0 – 2 – 1
Furman   –   0 – 2 – 0

The 1889 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1889 college football season. They scheduled two games with a final record of 1–1. The team captains for the 1889 season were Lacy Little and Steve Bragaw. After the University banned football there were no games in 1890. Football was reinstated in 1891 and a coach (William P. Graves) was hired. Although a game was scheduled in February, it was canceled and games would not resume until the next academic year.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 15Trinity (NC)Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)W (by forfeit)
November 22Wake ForestL 8–18

References

  1. "Outing; Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction". google.com. 1895.
  2. "The State Chronicle from Raleigh, North Carolina on January 23, 1891 · Page 4 (newspapers.com)".
  3. "The News and Observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1880-1893, February 13, 1891, Image 4 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  4. "The Chapel Hillian. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1890-1???, March 28, 1891, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  5. "The State Chronicle. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, November 29, 1889, Image 2 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  6. "The Wilmington Messenger. (Wilmington, N.C.) 1887-1908, November 24, 1889, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  7. "Football Notes". Windsor Ledger. Windsor, North Carolina. December 4, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved August 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
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