1901 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1901 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	7–2 (2–1 SIAA)
Head coach	Charles O. Jenkins (1st season)
Captain	Albert M. Carr
Home stadium	Campus Athletic Field (II)
Seasons ←  1900 1902  →

1901 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Vanderbilt $	4	–	0	–	0			6	–	1	–	1
Clemson	2	–	0	–	1			3	–	1	–	1
LSU	2	–	1	–	0			5	–	1	–	0
North Carolina	2	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Tulane	2	–	1	–	0			4	–	2	–	0
Alabama	2	–	1	–	2			2	–	1	–	2
Auburn	2	–	2	–	1			2	–	3	–	1
Tennessee	1	–	1	–	2			3	–	3	–	2
Mississippi A&M	1	–	2	–	0			2	–	2	–	1
Georgia	0	–	3	–	2			1	–	5	–	2
Cumberland (TN)	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	3	–	0
Kentucky State	0	–	2	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
Ole Miss	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	4	–	0
Texas	0	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	1
$ – Conference champion

The 1901 North Carolina Tar Heels football team was an American football team that represented the University of North Carolina as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1901 SIAA season. In its first season under head coach Charles O. Jenkins, the team compiled a 7–2 record (2–1 against SIAA opponents). Albert M. Carr was the team captain. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The team was suspended from the conference in 1902 for paying baseball players.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 12		Oak Ridge Military Academy *	Campus Athletic Field (II) Chapel Hill, NC	W 28–0		[4]
October 16		North Carolina A&M *	Campus Athletic Field (II) Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 39–0		[5]
October 19		Guilford *	Campus Athletic Field (II) Chapel Hill, NC	W 42–0		[6]
October 26	4:00 p.m. [7]	at Davidson *	Latta Park Charlotte, NC	W 6–0		[8]
November 2	3:00 p.m. [9]	vs. Georgia	Brisbine Park Atlanta, GA	W 27–0		[10]
November 4	4:00 p.m. [11]	at Auburn	Drill Field Auburn, AL	W 10–0		[12]
November 16	4:00 p.m. [13]	at North Carolina A&M*	State Fairgrounds (II) Raleigh, NC	W 30–0		[14]
November 23	2:43 p.m. [15]	vs. Virginia *	League Park (I) Norfolk, VA (rivalry)	L 6–23	5,000 [16]	[17]
November 28	3:00 p.m. [18]	vs. Clemson	Latta Park Baseball Field Charlotte, NC	L 10–22	1,000 [19]	[20]
*Non-conference game

Players

Line

Player	Position	Games started	Hometown	Prep school	Height	Weight	Age
Tod R. Brem	guard
Walter Council	center, tackle		Council, North Carolina
Albert Lyman Cox	end		Raleigh, North Carolina
Frank Foust	tackle					190
Addison R. Hester	guard
George L. Jones	guard
H. M. Jones	center
William F. Smathers	end

Backfield

Player	Position	Games started	Hometown
Albert Carr	fullback
Louis Graves	quarterback		Chapel Hill, North Carolina
James W. Gulick	halfback

Subs

Player	Position
John Donnelly	halfback
William Jacocks	quarterback
Metrah Makeley	quarterback

Unlisted

Player	Position
W. F. Carr
J. E. Cocke
K. Gant
A. W. Graham
G. W. Graham
Earle P. Holt
R. R. Williams

References

1. "The Yackety Yack, 1902". Archived from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
2. "North Carolina Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. 2010. Archived from the original on March 20, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
3. "North Carolina Tar Heels 1901 Football Schedule". Tar Heel Times. 2010. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
4. "The University Defeats Oak Ridge in Football". Charlotte Daily Observer. October 13, 1901. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Given a Drubbing: A. and M. Used Up on the Gridiron". The News and Observer. October 17, 1901. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "The University Team Defeats Guilford College, 42 to 0". Charlotte Daily Observer. October 20, 1901. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 30, 1901, Image 1". October 30, 1901. p. 1.
8. "Kicks and Thumps With the Pigskin: North Carolina Slugs Davidson to Slumber". The News and Observer. October 27, 1901. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on November 2, 1901 · Page 8".
10. "Tarheels Take Easy Victory From Georgia's Light Team". The Atlanta Constitution. November 3, 1901. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, November 03, 1901, Image 10". November 3, 1901. p. 10.
12. "Auburn Does Well: Tar Heels Unable To Cross Line". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 5, 1901. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "The morning post. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1897-1905, November 17, 1901, Image 3". November 17, 1901. p. 3.
14. "Varsity Eleven Does Up A and M: Score 30 to 0 When Darkness Came On". The Tar Heel. November 20, 1901. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
15. "Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, November 25, 1900, Image 1". November 25, 1900.
16. "Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, November 24, 1901, Image 21". November 24, 1901. p. 21.
17. "Orange and Blue Win; Hold Pennant Still". The Times. Vol. 16. November 24, 1901.
18. "The Tar Heel. - 1901-12-05 - 1". December 5, 1901.
19. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, December 05, 1901, Image 1". December 5, 1901. p. 1.
20. "Clemson Beats the Tar Heels in Charlotte". The Morning Post. November 29, 1901. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.