North Carolina at Rutgers

Saturday, October 4, 1919

Rutgers beat North Carolina 19–⁠9. It was their first meeting; after it, Rutgers led the series 1–⁠0 as played.

AwayNorth Carolina4–⁠3–⁠1 in 1919
9
HomeRutgers5–⁠3 in 1919
19

FinalHigh 84°F, low 60°F

Spalding’s Official Foot Ball Guide (1920) gives Rutgers 19–⁠0, in both teams’ records (the scan on the Internet Archive).

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: Rutgers Has an Easy Time With North Carolina Team Souihcrners Never In danger Big Red Team Goal aud Lose by 100

    New-York tribune, October 5, 1919, page 19

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    Rutgers Has an Easy Time With North Carolina Team Souihcrners Never In danger Big Red Team Goal aud Lose by 100 NFW BRUNSWICK. o,. O. Eutfef-. n SPIT, a. a mediocre showing hat little difficulty defeating North ‘aio ma University o. football here to-day by sc.rc ~ 10 fo O The Rs’ger. team MAS ref’r IN anv danger a. bong scored or An. for tfat matter neither d’l Nor’N Carolina in the second ha’f To-da,s game proved Rufrefteam o. many 90..Ih0.Ne. eI’a bulky nnc. Which .s .tI’ ‘sf’ ..0rr. and a bscAfe’i comIH ND .’ ..I’.N N”‘A s’efs. NIo showed f’ aIfIH’nr. aFa.N’i the Soufhernei French Bes, hsoA o. .I. ba.h l”r. s.iF ‘.s best a0l if q .f..i f” ‘‘.f l’‘‘rf Sanf..l r.’i i0.I..n ‘In lf’ ls eN,.p’. ‘.lr... n.I I’I e’ff .ntN’‘f f. orfrre. vr. aHI r’. ‘r d.. ..f ...If u.t r.nrr ..”.f’.f resembles that .f lidI’ ‘‘.’ .f0.f f. ie tackled |N fH ‘ a mani. I..IItf. fs ftf f’e iaes. off.r.e f..ii. a.I nI .Hnf.’Ns to il .n .If Oh. I’‘ fOr NaA.. lrll,1 fr’ rrH’‘‘ lsf the .’h0f. e.Ir ‘.... N.’ int. oH f.. .f.I lnemDf HN. hr’ .f.l aIr .r chnIe iN.. |,.I ‘ff ‘n vofl iarinrr ...0. ‘‘H’i i’0.. knoAfele. .fI .II.I..fI’ >olfh Carolina showed I’fIe N.f shull.r. fn ft.fs Of FIHi .’f Hi ‘‘ fo ft..e .nUiHffH ‘.|t ‘‘I ff.’ We,s ffer nanf rNrr HfI’iI i’. N.| dog gooi practice Team ilad W ofsn’e N,if’ Carolina boob n. ...0.s i lfs defence Nl. 0H’N.n. f. N.tt about lt i.d ho.i kH’f.r .l’frI’s second haiI h.f NN’..I appeared tired 0l.Ie flr .HIfl.I...f l0n.um0f mn.f 0f tns.f tIm, N u0IiUr The .outhrrnti. rD.fi.I f. .ofNHrI pH.. Frequently. ‘eI.r.a’ fir ‘a.f f’o H.Hft.I. N”f one “‘ .ome ffn tNIs nHf s4rlt..|.| IIs nsffei fhe Carolina laf. ‘i lHfiH N the third quarter Rutgers attempted ff. r..I af lArs interval rNIN .N....I NN’HH tr.si Sanford. fuf.l H..fi s..t In fhe aff fDw minutes OF r.HH NHt North Carolina IlDa. .NtOltl arN .lua.h.d the attempt .t Tat ns H pancake. Rutgers kcsed of ari af’ef o. e,chnaxe 90 punt. fY.t f0. iHIl from SIS ts.lird llne. and succession Of ruthos. IA which lr0.rn fid most OF the notN. scored fNr fftf touch down. The score ens NaI0 nn fN. from ihe yard Ire Nf l”rrH hf missed the goal The quarter ,nI.d niff ‘‘a srnI’ 8 20 40. Aorfn Carolina t.I.’l N| H he second quarter N.. promptly proceeded o. march toward ..H Ept ln steady advance. Rushes hy French. 1arln’i and ‘‘I retf. Infcf.pcl,’d r.fn a ‘tfi fN’ through mo centre or tnf IIf’ ‘n ‘ delayed pa.s D. French. ta.l ‘Nr ‘‘. their second touchdown Naafr’s s..t. out failed Coleman, Of North Carolina. af’in kicked of. Hakof returning ‘nc NH’ 10 the 3, yard ure A. exchange of punt followed nri fnNn ir’n OIL. n’irf returning “a punt i, yards. ‘lr’ “t ls.yard dash around NII ..’ rHH fDI the Ill ~ tosshIran. Gardner Boa the goal

  • The Evening star's story: PennkYlYann RUTGERS EASILY DEFEATS NORTH CAROLINA, 1910

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 5, 1919, page 29

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    PennkYlYann RUTGERS EASILY DEFEATS NORTH CAROLINA, 1910 NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., October 4.-Rutgers defeated North Carolina 10 to 0 today in the first intersectional foot bali contest Of the season. The return to the Rutgers eleven Of Garrett. Mount and Alexander. who substituted for Sliker, had q steady ing effect on the, inexperienced men In the lineup and bolstered up the Of fensfve: After Johnson’s tumble ON his 2o-yard mark, In the FIRST period, North Carolina held for downs. but punted out short. French carried the ball over the line for Rutgers after two short runs. -.5 .V.’- --s- - Rutgers added another touchdoyn in the second period, by q steady march down the field in mass formation. Just before the end Of the period, French broke away and ran 40 yards for the third touchdown. The visitors braced in the second half and prevented further scoring.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Rutgers 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Rutgers leads 3–⁠2; as played, 3–⁠3 in six meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
2014Rutgers 40, North Carolina 21Quick Lane Bowl
2011North Carolina 24, Rutgers 22
2010North Carolina 17, Rutgers 13
2008North Carolina 44, Rutgers 12
2006Rutgers 21, North Carolina 16
1919Rutgers 19, North Carolina 9

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