1888 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1888 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1888 college football season. They played four games with a final record of 1–3. This was the first season the University fielded a football team. The team captains for the 1888 season were Bob Bingham and Steve Bragaw. The game against Wake Forest was the first in the state, and the first against Trinity the first "scientific" game in the state. Ergo, one or the other is the first intercollegiate game in North Carolina. Princeton star Hector Cowan traveled south and trained the team.[1]

1888 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceIndependent
1888 record1–3
Head coachHector Cowan (1st season)
Home stadiumEmerson Field
1888 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Georgetown      4 2 0
Trinity (NC)      2 1 0
Virginia      2 1 0
Wake Forest      2 1 0
Johns Hopkins      6 5 0
Richmond      1 2 0
North Carolina      1 3 0
Navy      1 4 0
Gallaudet         
Randolph–Macon         
St. John's (MD)         

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 18vs. Wake Forest
L 4–6
November 29at Trinity (NC)Raleigh, NC (Victory Bell)L 0–16
May 1vs. Wake ForestRaleigh, NCW 33–0
May 8vs. Trinity (NC)Raleigh, NCL 17–25

See also

  • List of the first college football game in each US state

References

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