1908 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1908 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–3–3
Head coach
CaptainRomy Story
Home stadiumCampus Athletic Field (II)
Seasons
  1907
1909  
1908 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial   6 0 0
Virginia   7 0 1
Rollins   4 0 1
George Washington   8 1 1
Oklahoma   8 1 1
Tulane   7 1 0
North Carolina A&M   6 1 0
The Citadel   4 1 1
Navy   9 2 1
Florida   5 2 1
TCU   6 3 0
VMI   4 2 0
Davidson   5 3 1
Baylor   5 3 0
West Virginia   5 3 0
Kentucky State   4 3 0
Louisiana Industrial   4 3 1
Arkansas   5 4 0
Texas   5 4 0
VPI   5 4 0
Arkansas State Normal   3 3 0
Chattanooga   4 4 0
North Carolina   3 3 3
Oklahoma A&M   4 4 0
Delaware   3 4 1
Kendall   2 3 0
South Carolina   3 5 1
Texas A&M   3 5 0
Georgetown   2 4 1
Howard (AL)   2 4 0
Maryland   3 8 0
Stetson   0 1 1
Wake Forest   1 4 0
Goldey College   0 2 1
Mississippi College   0 1 0
Southwest Texas State   0 2 0
Marshall   0 6 0

The 1908 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1908 college football season. The team captain of the 1908 season was Romy Story. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26 Wake Forest
W 17–0
October 3at Tennessee L 0–122,000 [2] [2]
October 103:00 p.m. [3] vs. Washington and Lee
T 0–0
October 17 Davidson
T 0–02,500 [4] [5]
October 264:00 p.m. [6] at Georgetown
T 6–6 [7]
October 31 Richmond
  • Campus Athletic Field (II)
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 17–12 [8]
November 73:30 p.m. [9] vs. VPI L 0–103,000 [10] [11] [12]
November 14 South Carolina
  • Campus Athletic Field (II)
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 22–0 [13]
November 262:00 p.m. [14] vs. Virginia
L 0–3112,000 [15] [16] [17] [18]

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