North Carolina at Yale

Saturday, October 9, 1920

Yale beat North Carolina 21–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, Yale led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayNorth Carolina2–⁠6 in 1920
0
HomeYale5–⁠3 in 1920
21

FinalHigh 78°F, low 46°F

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: Heisn,ar,, Dobie and O'NeiU PrOUe Worth as Coaches Yale's Showing Against North Carolina Mystifes Elk. perts; Pitt Looms Up Strongly for Champions ship by Reason of Its Victory Over West VIRGINIA

    New-York tribune, New York, October 11, 1920, page 11

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    Heisn,ar,, Dobie and O’NeiU PrOUe Worth as Coaches Yale’s Showing Against North Carolina Mystifes Elk. perts; Pitt Looms Up Strongly for Champions ship by Reason of Its Victory Over West VIRGINIA Students alumni and followers universities Of PENNSYLVANIA Cornell Columbia joyful TODAY And th boy oosor After start that bright successful football looming several wears Of tur Encouragement disappointment to speeding by and in the distance silver lining can family m

  • The The New York herald's story: Yale Eleven Extended by Light Southern Team North Carolina Makes Stubborn Fight Against fSt Joness Men-Forward Passes Aid in Two of Touchdowns-Score Fl to o.

    The New York herald, New York, N.Y., October 10, 1920, page 1

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    Yale Eleven Extended by Light Southern Team North Carolina Makes Stubborn Fight Against fSt Joness Men-Forward Passes Aid in Two of Touchdowns-Score Fl to o. and did it poorly, shot pass to Kemp ton. Kempton gathered the ball In on the IS yard line and scooted across for score

  • The Bisbee daily review's story: TR ]Rf55 I5IE5R4Agz A r ,g5b E5

    Bisbee daily review, Arizona, October 10, 1920, page 6 (results column)

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    TR ]Rf55 I5IE5R4Agz A r ,g5b E5 CHICAGO, Oct. 9. - Chicago inau- gurated it’s gridron with a 20 to 0 victory over Purdue today. Inability of the Boilermakers backs to handle punts paved the way for both Maroon ltouchdowns. Chicago used 27 players and lost many chances to score by poor offea- sive work. especially in the early stages of the game ANNAPOLIS, Md, Oct. 9. - Lafay- cite college and the Annapolis Mid shipment were the contestants in q i bitterly fought football contest here today, the Middies finally winning 12 to :. NEW HAVEN. Conn. Uct. ;. - Yale defeated the University of North | Carolina this afternoon 21 to 0. CAMBRIDGE. Mass, Oct. 9.-After holding Harvard we;i away from the goal for two periods Valparaiso weaks ened today and the Crimson scored three touchdowns by line plunging by l Horween and owen and long runs by Churchill and Hamilton. Score, 21 10 To- MADISON. Wis. Oct. g. - Wiscon- sin defeated the Michigan Aggies to- day 27 to o. although the visitors put up spectacular defense. Although the Wisconsin goal was never in dan ger it was not until tile second half ithat the Badgers were able to score. At Urbana: Illinois 41; Drake 0. At St Louis: Missouri A; St. Louis University o. At West Point: Army 27; Hiddle- boro, Ohio, O. At. Columbus: Ohio State 37; Ober- lin O. At Detroit: University of Detroit l21; Marquette 14. At Indianapolis: Butler B; Han lover ‘. Al Cedar Rapids: Iowa 63; Cor nell o. At Grinnell: Iowa State 2S; Grin, nell 0. At Des Moines: Des Moines 20; Creighton 0. At Washington: Georgetown 27; North Carolina State O. At Schenectady: Union 0; VII Hams 35. , At Bloomington: Indiana 24; Missis , sippi A and M. 0. At Cincinnati: Ohio University 0; University of Cincinnati 6. At Grand Forks: University of North Dakota 55; Fargo College 0. At Denver: University of Wyoming 10; University of Denver ‘.

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 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 7–⁠0 in seven meetings, counting the five 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

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