1915 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1915 North Carolina Tar Heels football team was an American football team that represented the University of North Carolina in the 1915 college football season. The team compiled a 4–3–1 record and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 105 to 98.^[1]

1915 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	4–3–1 (0–2 SAIAA)
Head coach	Thomas Trenchard (4th season)
Captain	Dave Tayloe
Home stadium	Class Field
Seasons ← 1914 1916 →

1915 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Virginia +	2	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Washington and Lee +	2	–	0	–	0			6	–	1	–	1
Georgetown +	2	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Catholic University	1	–	0	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Johns Hopkins	1	–	0	–	0			1	–	0	–	0
Richmond	0	–	1	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
VPI	0	–	1	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
North Carolina A&M	0	–	2	–	0			3	–	3	–	1
North Carolina	0	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	1
+ – Conference co-champions

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2		The Citadel	Class Field Chapel Hill, NC	W 14–7		[2]
October 9		Wake Forest	Class Field Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 35–0		[3]
October 16	3:00 p.m.[4]	at Georgetown	Georgetown Field Washington, DC	L 0–38		[5]
October 23	3:00 p.m.[6]	vs. VMI	Cone Athletic Park (II) Greensboro, NC	T 3–3		[7]
October 30	2:30 p.m.[8]	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 3–23		[9]
November 6	3:00 p.m.[10]	vs. Clemson	Augusta Street Park Greenville, SC	W 9–7	2,000[11]	[12]
November 13	3:00 p.m.[13]	vs. Davidson	Prince Albert Park Winston-Salem, NC	W 41–6		[14]
November 25	2:35 p.m.[15]	vs. Virginia	Broad Street Park (II) Richmond, VA (rivalry)	L 0–14	13,000[16]	[17][18]

References

1. "1915 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
2. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 07, 1915, Page 3, Image 3 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
3. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 14, 1915, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
4. "The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, October 16, 1915, HOME EDITION, Image 10". October 16, 1915. p. 10.
5. "Carolina easy prey for Georgetown". The Charlotte News. October 17, 1915. Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Greensboro Daily News. (Greensboro, N.C.) 1909-1984, October 22, 1915, Page 6, Image 6 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
7. "University of North Carolina and V.M.I. battle to a tie". Greensboro Daily News. October 24, 1915. Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on October 30, 1915 · Page 8".
9. "Yellow Jackets of Tech playes aerial game against N.C." The Greenville News. October 31, 1915. Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "The Greenville News from Greenville, South Carolina on November 6, 1915 · Page 3".
11. "The Greenville News from Greenville, South Carolina on November 7, 1915 · Page 10".
12. "Tar Heels won the contest over Tigers". The Greenville News. November 7, 1915. Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Winston-Salem Journal from Winston-Salem, North Carolina on November 13, 1915 · Page 6".
14. "Carolina showed exceptional form". Charlotte Daily Observer. November 14, 1915. Retrieved September 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
15. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, December 02, 1915, Image 1". December 2, 1915. p. 1.
16. "The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, November 26, 1915, Image 5". November 26, 1915.
17. "Virginia Crushes Carolina Hopes By Score Of 14 To 0". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 26, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved January 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
18. "Virginia Crushes Carolina Hopes By Score Of 14 To 0 (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 26, 1915. p. 9. Retrieved January 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .