Virginia at North Carolina

Thursday, November 27, 1919

North Carolina beat Virginia 6–⁠0. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Virginia led the series 9–⁠4–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayVirginia2–⁠5–⁠2 in 1919
0
HomeNorth Carolina4–⁠3–⁠1 in 1919
6

FinalHigh 71°F, low 49°FAttendance 7,177

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: NORTH CAROLINA WINS

    The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., November 28, 1919, page 10

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    NORTH CAROLINA WINS Chapel Hill, N. c., November 27.-The University of North Carolina for the sixth time in a quarter of century this afternoon defeated the University of Virginia in their annual Thanksgiving football bame. The score was 6 to 0. Cardinals score came in the sec ond period of the first half. when on a beautifully executed forward pass, Coleman to Lowe. the ball went over Virginia’s goal. Blount failed to kick goal for the Tar Heels. Only in the second period of the last half did Virginia threaten Carolina. This opportunity was lost by the Virginans, who made three unsuccessful attempts at forward passes. Hollis Rinehart, Virginia’s right halfback, was the outstanding star for the visit ing team, while Quarterback Lowe of Carolina made many brilliant plays. Line-up: Carolina: Cochrane, left end; Harrell. left tackle; Robbins, left guard Blount, center: Grimes. right guard; Cant. right tackle; Proctor right end;

  • The Pine Bluff daily graphic's story: FOL FOOTBALL Virginia Defeated by North Carolina

    Pine Bluff daily graphic, Arkansas, November 28, 1919, page 6

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    FOL FOOTBALL Virginia Defeated by North Carolina Chapel Hill, N. C., Nov. 27.-The University of North Carolina fo1 the sixth time in quarter of a cen tury this afternoon defeated the University of Virginia in their an nual Thanksgiving football game The score was to 0. Carolina scored in the second per iod of the first half. when for ward pass, Coleman to Lowe, the ball went over Virginia’s coal. Blount failed to kick goal.

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)

North Carolina 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, North Carolina leads 66–⁠60–⁠4; as played, 65–⁠51–⁠4 in the 120 games on file; the official count covers all 130 meetings, counting the 106 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Virginia 17, North Carolina 16
2024North Carolina 41, Virginia 14
2023Virginia 31, North Carolina 27
2022North Carolina 31, Virginia 28
2021North Carolina 59, Virginia 39
2020Virginia 44, North Carolina 41

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