1899 North Carolina

0–⁠2, coached by William Reynolds. The season’s Wikipedia article records 7–⁠3–⁠1, over 11 games to the two on file here.

North Carolina, 1899
Photo: Unknown (Life time: 1899), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1899, game by game: lost at Navy 0–12; lost at Princeton 0–30+7−30Lost 0–12 at Navy-12NavyLost 0–30 at Princeton-30Princeton
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Nov 4atNavyL 0–⁠1231%
Nov 8atPrincetonL 0–⁠3013%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Princeton 30–⁠0.

In program history: The 107th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists nine games of North Carolina’s 1899 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Oct 7vsNC StateW 34–⁠0North Carolina’s article
Oct 12vsOak RidgeW 16–⁠0North Carolina’s article
Oct 14vsGuilfordW 45–⁠0North Carolina’s article
Oct 21vsDavidsonW 10–⁠0North Carolina’s article
Oct 23vsHorner’s School (NC)schoolW 46–⁠0North Carolina’s article
Oct 28atNC StateT 11–⁠11North Carolina’s article
Oct 31vs”Old” MarylandW 6–⁠0North Carolina’s article
Nov 30vsGeorgiaW 5–⁠0North Carolina’s article
Dec 2vsSewaneeL 0–⁠5North Carolina’s article

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1899.

Record
0–⁠2
Conference
1–⁠1 8th in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (Wikipedia)
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
0–⁠42
Coach
William Reynolds
Elo
1436 −23 this season
SP+ rating
—
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Samuel Shull