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1895 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1895 North Carolina Tar Heels football
North Carolina Tar Heels football team (1895).png
Conference Independent
1895 record 7–1–1
Head coach Thomas Trenchard (1st year)
Captain Edwin Gregory
Seasons
« 1894 1896 »
1895 college football independents records
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Penn         14 0 0
Yale         13 0 2
Princeton         10 1 1
Michigan         8 1 0
Chicago         10 3 0
Virginia         9 3 0
Harvard         8 2 1
North Carolina         7 1 1
Minnesota         7 3 0
Lafayette         6 2 0
Oregon         4 0 0
Stanford         4 0 1
Washington         4 0 1
Tufts         8 5 0
Wesleyan         6 3 0
Army         5 2 0
Wisconsin         5 2 1
Illinois         4 2 1
Notre Dame         3 1 0
Washington Agricultural         2 0 0
California         3 1 1
Northwestern         6 5 0
Purdue         4 3 0
Brown         7 6 1
USC         0 1 1
Cornell         3 4 1
Utah         0 1 0
Iowa State         3 4 0
Oregon Agricultural         0 2 1
MIT         1 4 0
Trinity (CT)         1 4 0
Lehigh         3 6 0
Lake Forest         1 6 0
1 2 Total
UNC 6 0 6
Georgia 0 0 0
1 2 Total
UNC 12 0 12
Vanderbilt 0 0 0

The 1895 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina during the 1895 college football season. They played nine games with a final record of 7–1–1. The team captain for the 1895 season was Edwin Gregory. The team went 3–0–1 on a 6-day, 4 game road trip.

The season opened with a defeat of the rival A and M college by a 36–0 score Nicklin had runs of 57, 67, and 80 yards.

The starting lineup was Gregory (left end), Steele (left tackle), Hurley (left guard), White (center), Collier (right guard), Wright (right tackle), Merritt (right ed), Whitaker (quarterback), Nicklin (left halfback), Moore (right halfback), McRae (fullback).

The Georgia Bulldogs, coached by Pop Warner, were defeated 6–0 what some claim is the very first (legal or otherwise; the legal pass starts in 1906) forward pass.

Bob Quincy notes in his 1973 book They Made the Bell Tower Chime: "John Heisman, a noted historian, wrote 30 years later that, indeed, the Tar Heels had given birth to the forward pass against the Bulldogs (UGA). It was conceived to break a scoreless deadlock and give UNC a 6–0 win. The Carolinians were in a punting situation and a Georgia rush seemed destined to block the ball. The punter, with an impromptu dash to his right, tossed the ball and it was caught by George Stephens, who ran 70 yards for a touchdown.” The ball was thrown out of desperation by back Dr. Joel Whitaker. Georgia coach Pop Warner complained to the referee that the play was illegal, however, the referee let the play stand because he did not see the pass. Only 4 minutes of game time had passed when Stephens scored. Governor William Y. Atkinson attended the game.


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