Wake Forest at North Carolina

Saturday, October 2, 1920

North Carolina beat Wake Forest 6–⁠0. It was their 19th meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 13–⁠0 in the games on file.

AwayWake Forest2–⁠7 in 1920
0
HomeNorth Carolina2–⁠6 in 1920
6

FinalHigh 71°F, low 41°FAttendance 2,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington herald's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS

    The Washington herald, District of Columbia, October 3, 1920, page 13 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS Local Georgetown so. st. John 0. George Washington, :; Western Maryland Z. East. Harvard. Al; Maine. 0. Yale, A; Carnegie, 0. Cornell, 13; Rochester, s. Princeton, II; Swarthmore. g. Army, 35; Union, 0. CFirst Camel Army 3S; Marshall College, 0. (Second Game). Norlh Carolina. IA; Navy. Z. Syracuse. 40: Vermont. 0. Rutgers, 6; Maryland, 0. Holy Cross, rs; New London Submarine, 0. Wesleyan. 20: Rhode Island State, 0. Columbia. II; Trinity, 0. Stevens. II; Pennsylvania Military College. 0. Albright. 6: Dickinson, 0. Tufts, /; Bowdoin, 0. Boston University, 6; Worcester Tech. c. Massachusetts, Aggies, IS; Connecticut State, o. West Virginia. Z; Lehigh, :. Hobart. IA; Canisius. o. New York University, 46; L. S. S. Pennsylvania, 0. Colby, IA; Fort Mckinley. 0. Williams, 63; Rensselaer, Poly, s. Johns Hopkins. SO; Mt. So Mary’s, IA. Allegheny. o; Thiel, o. Colgate. 0. Susquehanna, o. Baldwin-Wallace, 80; Western Reserve, 13. Dartmouth, 81; Norwich, 0. Delaware. IA; Ursinus, o. Lafayette, 90; Muhlenberg. o. Penn, :; Bucknell, 0. Ohio State. So; Ohio Wesleyan. 0. p Iowa, IA: Indiana, :. COe, s; Ames. 0. Cornell, “a; Upper Iowa College, 0. Creighton. 7; YanktOn, Z Nebraska, IA; Washburn, 0. Butler. 0: Wittenberg, 80. Marquette. 81; Carroll 0. Grinnell, 40; Penn College. 0. University of Detroit. “a; Duquesne. 0. Minnesota, Al; North Dakota. 3. N6tre Dame. 80; Kalamazoo. .. Knox, 0; Northwestern. IA Purdue. 10; Depauw, O. Wisconsin, 60; Lawrence, o. Drake, Al; Simpson, 0. South. Virginia. 65; Randolph Macon. o. Austin College, 0; Baylor 9. st. Louis, 8; Rose Poly, 0. Missouri, Al; Wesleyan. O. Alabama Poly, IS; Howard Col lege, 0. North Carolina. 6; Wake Forest. 0. Tennessee. Al; Maryville College. o. Louisiana State. 50; jefferson. 0. Georgia Tech, 55; Oglethorpe. 0. Vanderbilt, 54; Birmingham Southern. 0. Mississippi A. and NJ, 81; Mississippi College. o. Alabama, 40; Marion, 0. Center College, Sc; Morris Harvey, 0.

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 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, North Carolina leads 74–⁠37–⁠2; as played, 71–⁠34–⁠2 in the 107 games on file; the official count covers all 113 meetings, counting the 94 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Wake Forest 28, North Carolina 12
2024North Carolina 31, Wake Forest 24
2022North Carolina 36, Wake Forest 34
2021North Carolina 58, Wake Forest 55
2020North Carolina 59, Wake Forest 53
2019Wake Forest 24, North Carolina 18

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