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They played nine games with a final record of 9\u20130. The team captain for the 1898 season was Frank O. Rogers. The team claims a Southern championship.[1]Table of ContentsSchedule[edit]Season summary[edit]Guilford[edit]North Carolina A&M[edit]Greensboro A. A.[edit]Oak Ridge[edit]V. P. I.[edit]Davidson[edit]Georgia[edit]Auburn[edit]Virginia[edit]Players[edit]Line[edit]Backfield[edit]References[edit]Schedule[edit]DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSourceOctober 12:00 p.m.[2]GuilfordW 18\u20130October 154:00 p.m.[3]North Carolina A&MCampus Athletic Field (I)Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)W 34\u20130October 202:00 p.m.[4]Greensboro A.A.Campus Athletic Field (I)Chapel Hill, NCW 11\u20130October 29Oak RidgeCampus Athletic Field (I)Chapel Hill, NCW 11\u20130November 411:00 a.m.[5]vs. VPIW 28\u20136[5][6]November 53:30 p.m.[7]DavidsonW 11\u20130[8]November 12vs. GeorgiaW 53\u201301,000[9]November 154:00 p.m.[10]AuburnW 29\u20130November 242:30 p.m.[11]vs. VirginiaW 6\u201323,000[12][13][14]Season summary[edit]Guilford[edit]The season opened with an 18\u20130  defeat of the Guilford Quakers.[15]Charles Baskerville was umpire.[15]The starting lineup was Tate (left end), Shull (left tackle), Miller (left guard), Cunningham (center), Cromartie (right guard), Bennett (right tackle), Klotz (right end), Rogers (quarterback), Howell (left halfback), Gregory (right halfback), Graves (fullback).[15]North Carolina A&M[edit]In the second week of play, the Tar Heels defeated the in-state rival North Carolina A&M 34\u20130.Greensboro A. A.[edit]Against the Greensboro Athletic Association, UNC won 11\u20130.Oak Ridge[edit]Oak Ridge was beaten 11\u20130.V. P. I.[edit]Touchdowns were made by Bennett, Gregory, Copeland, Shull, and Howell in a 28\u20136 win over V. P. I.[16]Davidson[edit]North Carolina beat Davidson 11\u20130.Georgia[edit]In Macon, the Tar Heels blew out the Georgia Bulldogs 53\u20130.[17]Tick Tichenor wrote “Such a crush defeat as Georgia sustained at the hands of North Carolina today is almost unparalleled in football”.[18]The starting lineup was Klotz (left end), Shull (left tackle), Cromartie (left guard), Cunningham (center), Phifer (right guard), Bennett (right tackle), Gregoy (right end), Rodgers (quarterback), Austin (left halfback), McRae (right halfback), Graves (fullback).[17]Auburn[edit]The Tar Heels won over John Heisman’s Auburn Tigers 29\u20130.Virginia[edit]UNC beat rival Virginia, 6\u20132, for its first win since the first year of the South’s Oldest Rivalry. The safety was made just as time called, and Howell scored for UNC.[19]Players[edit]Line[edit]Backfield[edit]References[edit]^ Umphlett, Wiley Lee (1992). Creating the Big Game: John W. Heisman and the Invention of American Football. Greenwood Publishing Group. p.\u00a055. ISBN\u00a09780313284045.^ “The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 04, 1898, Image 1”. 4 October 1898. p.\u00a01.^ “The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 18, 1898, Image 1”. 18 October 1898. p.\u00a01.^ “The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 25, 1898, Image 1”. 25 October 1898. p.\u00a01.^ a b “Winston-Salem Journal from Winston-Salem, North Carolina on November 3, 1898 \u00b7 Page 1 (newspapers.com)”.^ “The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 08, 1898, Image 1”. 8 November 1898. p.\u00a01.^ “Charlotte daily observer. (Charlotte, N.C.) 1897-1916, November 05, 1898, Image 6”. 5 November 1898. p.\u00a06.^ “The contest on the gridiron, University won over Davidson”. Charlotte Daily Observer. November 6, 1898. Retrieved September 5, 2022 \u2013 via Newspapers.com.^ “The News & Observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, November 13, 1898, Image 1 \u00b7 North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)”.^ “The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 16, 1898, Image 2”. 16 November 1898. p.\u00a02.^ “Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, November 24, 1898, Image 1”. 24 November 1898.^ “The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, November 25, 1898, Image 1”. 25 November 1898.^ “Blue And White Win”. The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 25, 1898. p.\u00a01. Retrieved September 14, 2021 \u2013 via Newspapers.com .^ “Blue And White Win (continued)”. The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 25, 1898. p.\u00a06. Retrieved September 14, 2021 \u2013 via Newspapers.com .^ a b c “The University Team Defeats Guilford 18 to 0”. The Charlotte Observer. November 13, 1898. p.\u00a08. Retrieved August 4, 2016 \u2013 via Newspapers.com. ^ “Carolina Wins A football Game”. The Wilmington Messenger. November 5, 1898. p.\u00a01. Retrieved June 3, 2016 \u2013 via Newspapers.com. ^ a b “Georgia’s Team Goes Down Before The Fast Work of North Carolina”. The Atlanta Constitution. November 13, 1898. p.\u00a022. Retrieved August 4, 2016 \u2013 via Newspapers.com. ^ “Football Man Tells of Game”. The Atlanta Constitution. November 13, 1898. p.\u00a022. Retrieved August 4, 2016 \u2013 via Newspapers.com. ^ “Our Tar Heels Triumphant”. The Morning Post. November 25, 1898. p.\u00a01. Retrieved June 3, 2016 \u2013 via Newspapers.com. 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