1916 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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]

1916 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceSouth Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–4 (2–1 SAIAA)
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Tandy
Home stadiumEmerson Field
1916 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
VPI $ 4 –0 –07 –2 –0
Georgetown 2 –0 –08 –1 –0
Washington and Lee 1 –0 –05 –2 –2
George Washington 2 –1 –03 –3 –1
North Carolina 2 –1 –05 –4 –0
Catholic University 2 –1 –04 –4 –0
Virginia 2 –1 –04 –5 –0
Davidson 1 –2 –05 –3 –1
Richmond 1 –3 –15 –4 –2
VMI 1 –4 –04 –5 –0
St. John's (MD) 0 –1 –00 –1 –0
William & Mary 0 –2 –12 –5 –2
Johns Hopkins 0 –2 –00 –2 –0
North Carolina A&M 0 –4 –02 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

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
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 303:00 p.m.[2]Wake Forest*
W 20–02,500[3]
October 73:00 p.m.[4]at Princeton*
L 0–29
October 14at Harvard*
L 0–21
October 212:30 p.m.[5]at Georgia Tech*
L 6–10
October 283:00 p.m.[6]VMI
  • Emerson Field
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 38–13
November 4vs. VPI
L 7–14
November 112:30 p.m.[7]vs. Davidson
W 10–6[8]
November 183:00 p.m.Furman*
  • Emerson Field
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 46–0[9][10]
November 302:30 p.m.vs. Virginia
W 7–014,000[11][12][13][14][15][16]

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]". October 7, 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 open access.
  10. "Carolina Won From Furman". The Charlotte News. Charlotte, North Carolina. November 19, 1916. p. 12. Retrieved September 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  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 open access.
  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 open access.
  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 open access.
  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 open access.
  16. "Carolinians Victorious After Eight Consecutive Defeats". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. December 1, 1916. p. 8. Retrieved January 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.


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