The 1892 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1892 college football season. They played six games with a final record of 5–1. The team captain for the 1892 season was Michael Hoke. The team claims a southern title even though it was defeated by Virginia, for it beat the Cavaliers in a rematch. Those games with UVA mark the beginning of the South's Oldest Rivalry.
Schedule
Players
Varsity lettermen Line James Crawford Biggs end Oxford5'9"14520Norfleet Mann Gibbs end 5'10"17020David Alexander Kirkpatrick guard 6'2"23022George Roscoe Little tackle 5'11"16819Walter "Pete" Murphy center Salisbury 6'0"20021James Thomas Pugh tackle 5'10"16819Eugene Malcolm Snipes guard 5'11"19524
Backfield Alfred Smith Barnard quarterback 5'8"14818William Augustus Devin halfback 6'0"16921Michael Hoke halfback Raleigh 5'10"14818Howard Burton Shaw fullback 5'7"15324
Substitutes Charles Baskerville fullback 5'9"14522Martin Currie tackle 6'2"17029Louis Isaac Guion end 6'0"16718William Daniel Merritt end 5'11"16019Benjamin Edward Stanley back 5'8"14420William Preston Wooten centre 6'2"17020
Unlisted William Pinckney
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