1888 Wake Forest Baptists football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1888 Wake Forest Baptists football Independent 2–1 W. C. Dowd 1st W. C. Dowd none The 1888 Wake Forest Baptists football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest College during the 1888 college football season. In its first year of intercollegiate football, the team defeated North Carolina by a 6–4 score in a game played on October 18, 1888, at the State Fair Grounds in Raleigh, North Carolina.Red Letter Dates in Wake Forest Athletic History Wake Forest University December 27, 2015 http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wake/genrel/auto_pdf/history.pdf January 5, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160105102447/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wake/genrel/auto_pdf/history.pdf dead After the game, The News & Observer wrote:"Decidedly one of the most interesting features of the whole fair was the game of foot ball yesterday between Wake Forest and Chapel Hill, resulting in a victory for Wake Forest. The game was exciting and was played by excellent teams on both sides. It was witnessed by a tremendous crowd. The players were uniformed and were a skilled and active set of boys."Senator Vance and an Overwhelming Crowd Yesterday The News & Observer October 19, 1888 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3898345/wake_forest_unc_football_game/ W. C. Dowd was the coach of the Wake Forest team. The game was the first intercollegiate football game played in the state of North Carolina.UNC, Wake Forest deserve credit for schedule choice January 26, 2015 Andrea Adelson ESPN.com https://www.espn.com/blog/acc/post/_/id/79763/unc-wake-forest-deserve-credit-for-schedule-choice The game was also the first in the history of the North Carolina Tar Heels football program.One Hundred and Twenty-Four Years of Tar Heel Football October 18, 2012 Lawrence Giffin UNC University Library http://blogs.lib.unc.edu/uarms/index.php/2012/10/one-hundred-and-twenty-four-years-of-tar-heel-football/ Schedule October 18 3:00 p.m. w y North Carolina State Fairgrounds Raleigh, NC rivalry 6–4 Beats the Records – The Attendance at the Fair Yesterday https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer/134000608/ The News and Observer October 18, 1888 4 October 25, 2023 Newspapers.com March 1, 1889 4:00 p.m. l y North Carolina Athletic Grounds Raleigh, NC 0–33 500 An Exciting Game of Foot Ball Between Chapel Hill and Wake Forest https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer/134053402/ The News and Observer March 2, 1889 4 October 25, 2023 Newspapers.com March 29, 1889 3:30 p.m. w y Trinity (NC) Athletic Grounds Raleigh, NC 32–0 Notes About Town https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer/159293266/ The News & Observer Raleigh, North Carolina March 29, 1889 4 November 18, 2024 Newspapers.com Wake Forest Victorious https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer/159293398/ The News & Observer Raleigh, North Carolina March 30, 1889 4 November 18, 2024 Newspapers.com 1888 Football Schedule https://godeacs.com/sports/football/schedule/1888 Wake Forest University November 18, 2024 1889 Football Schedule https://godeacs.com/sports/football/schedule/1889 Wake Forest University November 18, 2024 2024 Football Guide And Record Book https://godeacs.com/documents/2024/7/9/series-2024.pdf Wake Forest University 142 November 18, 2024 References Wake Forest Category:Wake Forest Demon Deacons football seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Wake Forest Baptists football