1888 Trinity Blue and White football team

The 1888 Trinity Blue and White football team represented Trinity College (today known as Duke University) in the 1888 college football season. The game against North Carolina was the first "scientific" game in the state.[1]

1888 Trinity Blue and White football
ConferenceIndependent
1888 record2–1
Head coach
1888 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Georgetown      4 2 0
Trinity (NC)      2 1 0
Virginia      2 1 0
Wake Forest      2 1 0
Johns Hopkins      6 5 0
Richmond      1 2 0
North Carolina      1 3 0
Navy      1 4 0
Gallaudet         
Randolph–Macon         
St. John's (MD)         

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
November 29at North Carolina
W 16–0
March 8 1889at North CarolinaRaleigh, NCW 25–17
March 29 1889vs. Wake ForestRaleigh, NCL 0–32

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References

  1. https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/uarchives/history/articles/duke-unc-football
  2. "November 29, 1888" (PDF). Duke Blue Devils football media guide. 2008. p. 158. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  3. "1889 Football Schedule". Wake Forest University. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  4. "1889 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE". University of North Carolina. Retrieved 1 December 2020.


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