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1891 Trinity Blue and White football

Southern champion

ConferenceIndependent
Record3–0
Head coach
  • None
CaptainTom Daniels
Seasons
← 1890
1892 →
1891 Southern college football independents records
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  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Trinity (NC)     3 0 0
    Wake Forest     1 0 0
    VMI     3 0 1
    Vanderbilt     3 1 0
    Navy     5 2 0
    Virginia     2 1 2
    Delaware     5 3 1
    Kentucky State College     1 1 0
    Georgetown     2 2 0
    Sewanee     1 2 0
    Central (KY)     0 1 0
    Furman     0 1 0
    Tennessee     0 1 0
    West Virginia     0 1 0
    Johns Hopkins     0 2 0
    Mercer     0 2 0
    North Carolina     0 2 0
    Richmond     0 2 0

    The 1891 Trinity Blue and White football team represented Trinity College (today known as Duke University) in the 1891 college football season. The team went 3–0 and beat its opponents by a combined score of 122 to 4.[1] The team claimed a Southern championship.[2][3]

    The 1891 team was led by senior player and captain Tom Daniels, who later played for Auburn University.[4]

    Schedule[edit]

    DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
    November 14vs. FurmanColumbia, SCW 96–0[5]
    November 20atNorth CarolinaChapel Hill, NC (rivalry)W 6–4[6]
    November 28vs. Virginia
  • Richmond, VA
  • W 20–01,200[7][8]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Art Chansky (January 5, 2013). Duke - Carolina - the Blue Blood Rivalry the Master collection. p. 3. ISBN 9781456611613.
  • ^ "Champions of the South regardless of conference affiliation".
  • ^ Jim L. Sumner (1990). "John Franklin Crowell, Methodism, and the Football Controversy at Trinity College, 1887-1894" (PDF). Journal of Sport History. 17 (1). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  • ^ Tim Pyatt (October 1, 2009). "Retrospective: September-October 2009". Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  • ^ "Trinity triumphant". The State Chronicle. November 15, 1891. Retrieved October 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Trinity wins, the University boys done up in the game of football yesterday". Durham Globe. November 21, 1891. Retrieved October 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Trinity Team Triumphant". The Times. Richmond, Virginia. November 29, 1891. p. 5. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  • ^ "Trinity on Top". The State Chronicle. December 1, 1891. p. 4. Retrieved March 2, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon

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