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1900 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–1–3 (3–0–1 SIAA)
Head coach
Assistant coachJohn Gere Jayne (2nd season)
CaptainFrank M. Osborne
Home stadiumCampus Athletic Field (II)
Seasons← 18991901 →
1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Clemson + 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 0 – 0
Auburn 4 – 0 – 0 4 – 0 – 0
Tulane 3 – 0 – 0 5 – 0 – 0
Texas 1 – 0 – 0 6 – 0 – 0
Sewanee + 5 – 0 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
North Carolina 3 – 0 – 1 4 – 1 – 3
Vanderbilt 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Alabama 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 3 – 0
Nashville 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 3 – 0
Georgia 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Tennessee 0 – 2 – 1 3 – 2 – 1
Cumberland (TN) 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 1 – 0
LSU 0 – 1 – 0 2 – 2 – 0
Kentucky State 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Ole Miss 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 3 – 0
Georgia Tech 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1900 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. They played eight games with a final record of 4–1–3 (3-0-1 in the SIAA). The team captain for the 1900 season was Frank M. Osborne.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 61:30 p.m.Deaf & Dumb InstituteW 38–0
October 273:45 p.m.VPI
  • Campus Athletic Field (II)
  • Chapel Hill, NC
T 0–0
November 13:30 p.m.at TennesseeW 22–5400
November 32:13 p.m.at VanderbiltW 48–0
November 52:30 p.m.vs. SewaneeT 0–0
November 173:15 p.m.vs. GeorgiaW 55–0800
November 242:45 p.m.vs. VirginiaL 0–176,000
November 293:00 p.m.at GeorgetownT 0–04,000

Players

Line

Player Position Games
started 		Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age
Frank Bennett tackle Wadesboro, North Carolina 6'0" 173
Tod R. Brem guard
Walter Council center Council, North Carolina 195
Frank Foust tackle 190
Frank M. Osborne end Fletcher, North Carolina
Frank B. Rankin guard
William F. Smathers end

Backfield

Player Position Games
started 		Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age
Ernest Graves fullback Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Jim MacRae halfback Fayetteville, North Carolina Nashville
Metrah Makeley quarterback
Wade H. Oldham halfback

Subs

Player Position Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age
Berkeley halfback
John Donnelly halfback
Ebbs halfback
Louis Graves quarterback Chapel Hill, North Carolina
J. B. Martin halfback
Orr guard
Isaac Phifer guard
Roberts tackle

References

  1. "Yackety yack [1901] :: North Carolina College and University Yearbooks". Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  2. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 10, 1900, Image 1". October 10, 1900. p. 1.
  3. "Football at Chapel Hill". The Morning Post. October 7, 1900. Retrieved January 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, October 31, 1900, Image 7". October 31, 1900. p. 7.
  5. "N.C. University, 0; V.P.I., 0". The Times. Library of Virginia. October 28, 1900. p. 2. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  6. "The Journal and Tribune from Knoxville, Tennessee on November 1, 1900 · 5 (newspapers.com)".
  7. "The Journal and Tribune from Knoxville, Tennessee on November 2, 1900 · 8 (newspapers.com)".
  8. "The Tar Heels win from Tennessee". The News and Observer. November 2, 1900. Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 14, 1900, Image 1". November 14, 1900. p. 1.
  10. "Tarheels beat Vanderbilt". The Atlanta Constitution. November 4, 1900. Retrieved January 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 07, 1900, Image 1". November 7, 1900. p. 1.
  12. "Carolina and Sewanee teams play a tie game; Fastest football seen in the South this year". The Atlanta Constitution. November 6, 1900. Retrieved January 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 21, 1900, Image 1". November 21, 1900. p. 1.
  14. "North Carolina downs Georgia". Charlotte Daily Observer. November 18, 1900. Retrieved January 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 28, 1900, Image 1". November 28, 1900. p. 1.
  16. "Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, November 25, 1900, Image 1". November 25, 1900.
  17. "Virginia defeats the ' Varsity boys from "Down Home"". Virginian-Pilot. November 25, 1900. Retrieved January 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, December 05, 1900, Image 1". December 5, 1900. p. 1.
  19. "The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, November 30, 1900, Image 1". November 30, 1900.
  20. "Battle without victory, Both Georgetown and North Carolina fight hard, but neither score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 30, 1900. Retrieved January 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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