1891 Trinity Blue and White football team explained

Year:1891
Team:Trinity Blue and White
Sport:football
Conference:Independent
Record:3–0
Head Coach:None
Captain:Tom Daniels
Champion:Southern champion

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Duke - Carolina - the Blue Blood Rivalry the Master collection. Art Chansky. 3. 9781456611613. January 5, 2013.
  2. Web site: Champions of the South regardless of conference affiliation.
  3. John Franklin Crowell, Methodism, and the Football Controversy at Trinity College, 1887-1894. Journal of Sport History. 17. 1. 1990. Jim L. Sumner. February 25, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080840/http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/JSH/JSH1990/JSH1701/jsh1701b.pdf. March 4, 2016. dead.
  4. Web site: Retrospective: September-October 2009. Tim Pyatt. October 1, 2009. February 24, 2015.