1916 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1916 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	5–4 (2–1 SAIAA)
Head coach	Thomas J. Campbell (1st season)
Captain	George Tandy
Home stadium	Emerson Field
Seasons ←  1915 1918  →

1916 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
VPI $	4	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Georgetown	2	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Washington and Lee	1	–	0	–	0			5	–	2	–	2
George Washington	2	–	1	–	0			3	–	3	–	1
North Carolina	2	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Catholic University	2	–	1	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Virginia	2	–	1	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Davidson	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Richmond	1	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	2
VMI	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
St. John's (MD)	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	0
William & Mary	0	–	2	–	1			2	–	5	–	2
Johns Hopkins	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	2	–	0
North Carolina A&M	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1916 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1916 college football season. The team captain of the 1916 season was George Tandy. ^[1]

The 1916 season was the first year UNC played at Emerson Field, named after its benefactor Isaac Emerson and built on the site of the pre-existing athletic field.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	3:00 p.m. [2]	Wake Forest *	Emerson Field Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 20–0	2,500 [3]
October 7	3:00 p.m. [4]	at Princeton *	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 0–29
October 14		at Harvard *	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 0–21
October 21	2:30 p.m. [5]	at Georgia Tech *	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 6–10
October 28	3:00 p.m. [6]	VMI	Emerson Field Chapel Hill, NC	W 38–13
November 4		vs. VPI	Fair Grounds (Roanoke) Roanoke, VA	L 7–14
November 11	2:30 p.m. [7]	vs. Davidson	Prince Albert Park Winston-Salem, NC	W 10–6		[8]
November 18	3:00 p.m.	Furman *	Emerson Field Chapel Hill, NC	W 46–0		[9] [10]
November 30	2:30 p.m.	vs. Virginia	Broad Street Park (II) Richmond, VA (rivalry)	W 7–0	14,000 [11]	[12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

References

1. "University of North Carolina ... Football blue book for press and radio". 1955.
2. "The Herald-Sun from Durham, North Carolina on September 30, 1916 · 8".
3. "Old Gold and Black [October 7, 1916]". 7 October 1916.
4. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 14, 1916, Page 6, Image 6 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
5. "The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on October 21, 1916 · Page 10".
6. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 28, 1916, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
7. "Winston-Salem Journal from Winston-Salem, North Carolina on November 11, 1916 · Page 6 (newspapers.com)".
8. "Carolina again wins game from Davidson here". Winston-Salem Journal. November 12, 1916. Retrieved September 3, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
9. "Carolina–Furman Game On Emerson Field Today". The Tar Heel . Chapel Hill, North Carolina. November 18, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved September 2, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
10. "Carolina Won From Furman". The Charlotte News . Charlotte, North Carolina. November 19, 1916. p. 12. Retrieved September 2, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
11. "Richmond Times-Dispatch 1 December 1916 — Virginia Chronicle: Digital Newspaper Archive".
12. "Football Classic Event Of To-Day". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Richmond, Virginia. November 30, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved January 7, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
13. "Football Classic Event Of To-Day (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Richmond, Virginia. November 30, 1916. p. 5. Retrieved January 7, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
14. "Carolina Wins From Virginia By Score of 7 To 0". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Richmond, Virginia. December 1, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved January 7, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
15. "Carolina Wins From Virginia By Score of 7 To 0 (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Richmond, Virginia. December 1, 1916. p. 8. Retrieved January 7, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
16. "Carolinians Victorious After Eight Consecutive Defeats". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Richmond, Virginia. December 1, 1916. p. 8. Retrieved January 7, 2022– via Newspapers.com .