North Carolina at Yale

Saturday, October 11, 1919

Yale beat North Carolina 34–⁠7. It was their first meeting; after it, Yale led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayNorth Carolina4–⁠3–⁠1 in 1919
7
HomeYale5–⁠3 in 1919
34

FinalHigh 81°F, low 56°FAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The Pine Bluff daily graphic's story: Yale Beats North Carolina.

    Pine Bluff daily graphic, Pine Bluff, Ark., October 12, 1919, page 1

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    Yale Beats North Carolina. New Haven, Conn, Oct. 11.--Yale defeated North Carolina in an inter sectional football game today, “a to 7. The playing was l1stless, except for a few flashes Of mid-season form by the Blue backfield men. The WISH tors scored touchdown in the last few minutes of play by falling on their own punt behind the goal line after d Yale player had touched the ball. North Carolina was unable to penetrate the Blue line. Coleman’s punting for North Carolima was feature. He outkicked the Yale backs, booting couple for 60 yards. Shiverick’s Toe Wins. Ithaca N. Y, Oct. 11.-A field goal by Captain Fritz Shiverick in the last few minutes Of playing spelled the de- Continued on page slx.)

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)

Yale 82% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 7–⁠0 in seven meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1944Yale 13, North Carolina 6
1924Yale 27, North Carolina 0
1923Yale 53, North Carolina 0
1922Yale 18, North Carolina 0
1921Yale 34, North Carolina 0
1920Yale 21, North Carolina 0

Around this game

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