1904 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1904 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–2–2
Head coach	R. R. Brown (1st season)
Captain	R. S. Stewart
Home stadium	Campus Athletic Field (II)
Seasons ←  1903 1905  →

1904 Southern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Georgetown			–					7	–	1	–	0
Southwest Texas State			–					5	–	1	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial			–					2	–	0	–	1
Davidson			–					6	–	1	–	1
Navy			–					7	–	2	–	1
North Carolina			–					5	–	2	–	2
Virginia			–					6	–	3	–	0
North Carolina A&M			–					3	–	1	–	2
West Virginia			–					6	–	3	–	0
VPI			–					5	–	3	–	0
George Washington			–					4	–	2	–	2
Arkansas			–					4	–	3	–	0
Oklahoma			–					4	–	3	–	1
South Carolina			–					4	–	3	–	1
Stetson			–					2	–	2	–	0
Central Oklahoma			–					2	–	3	–	0
VMI			–					3	–	5	–	0
Kentucky University			–					3	–	4	–	0
Grant			–					2	–	3	–	0
Florida State College			–					2	–	3	–	0
Maryland			–					2	–	4	–	2
East Florida Seminary			–					1	–	2	–	0
Goldey College			–					1	–	2	–	0
Baylor			–					2	–	5	–	1
Louisiana Industrial			–					1	–	4	–	0
TCU			–					1	–	4	–	1
Delaware			–					1	–	5	–	1
Kendall			–					0	–	2	–	1
Rollins			–					0	–	1	–	0
Tusculum			–					0	–	2	–	0
Florida at Lake City			–					0	–	5	–	0
Oklahoma A&M			–					0	–	6	–	0
Tennessee Docs			–					0	–	7	–	0

The 1904 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 1904 college football season. The team captain for the 1904 season was R. S. Stewart. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 1		Guilford	Campus Athletic Field (II) Chapel Hill, NC	W 29–0
October 8	3:30 p.m. [2]	vs. Davidson	Latta Park Charlotte, NC	T 0–0	500 [3]	[2] [4] [5]
October 12	4:00 p.m. [6]	William Bingham School	Campus Athletic Field (II) Chapel Hill, NC	W 50–0		[7]
October 15		South Carolina	Campus Athletic Field (II) Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 27–0		[8]
October 22	3:30 p.m. [9]	vs. Norfolk Athletic Association	Cone Athletic Park (I) Greensboro, NC	W 41–0		[10]
October 29		at VPI	Gibboney Field Blacksburg, VA	W 6–0
November 5	2:30 p.m. [11]	vs. Georgetown	Lafayette Field Norfolk, VA	L 0–16	3,000 [12]	[12]
November 16	2:30 p.m. [13]	North Carolina A&M	Campus Athletic Field (II) Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	T 6–6	2,000 [14]	[15]
November 24	2:00 p.m. [16]	vs. Virginia	Broad Street Park (I) Richmond, VA (rivalry)	L 11–12	15,000 [17]	[18] [17] [19]

References

1. "University of North Carolina ... football blue book for press and radio : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive". 1955.
2. "Charlotte Daily Observer. (Charlotte, N.C.) 1897-1916, October 08, 1904, Image 5". October 8, 1904. p. 5.
3. "Charlotte Daily Observer. (Charlotte, N.C.) 1897-1916, October 09, 1904, Image 1". October 9, 1904. p. 1.
4. "A Hard Fought Game". Charlotte Daily Observer . Charlotte, North Carolina. October 9, 1904. p. 1. Retrieved March 13, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
5. "Neither Scored". The Morning Post. Raleigh, North Carolina. October 9, 1904. p. 2. Retrieved March 13, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
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8. "Tarheels win from Carolina". The Atlanta Constitution. October 16, 1904. Retrieved January 22, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
9. "The Greensboro Patriot [October 19, 1904], Gateway Digital History Collections (uncg.edu)".
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11. "The News & Observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, November 08, 1904, Image 2". November 8, 1904. p. 2.
12. "Georgetown–16 North Carolina–0". The Norfolk Landmark . Norfolk, Virginia. November 6, 1904. p. 1. Retrieved March 13, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
13. "The News & Observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, November 18, 1904, Image 2". November 18, 1904. p. 2.
14. "The Morning Post. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1897-1905, November 17, 1904, Page 2, Image 2". November 17, 1904. p. 2.
15. "Football played to a finish at Chapel Hill". The Morning Post. November 17, 1904. Retrieved July 22, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
16. "Times Dispatch 24 November 1904 – Virginia Chronicle: Digital Newspaper Archive".
17. "Old Virginia Wins A Splendid Victory While Many Thousands, Waiving Orange And Blue, Are fairly Wild With Delight". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Richmond, Virginia. November 25, 1904. p. 1. Retrieved January 6, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
18. "Greatest Game Ever Seen Here". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Richmond, Virginia. November 24, 1904. p. 1. Retrieved January 6, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
19. "Old Virginia Wins A Splendid Victory While Many Thousands, Waiving Orange And Blue, Are fairly Wild With Delight (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Richmond, Virginia. November 25, 1904. p. 2. Retrieved January 6, 2022– via Newspapers.com .