South Carolina at North Carolina

Saturday, October 16, 1920

North Carolina beat South Carolina 7–⁠0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 8–⁠0–⁠1.

AwaySouth Carolina5–⁠4 in 1920
0
HomeNorth Carolina2–⁠6 in 1920
7

FinalHigh 80°F, low 49°F

In the newspapers

  • Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, October 17, 1920

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    NORTH CAROLINA DEFEATS SOUTH CAROLINA, 7 TO o CHAPEL HILL. y. c.. Oct 1C.- North Carolina defeated South Caro- Ina. To .. here today when Right blocked punt and ran thirty yards for Il touchdown. Lowe kicked goal In the second quarter South Carolina aided by smart broken Held running by Sizemore. carried the ball inside the TarheelS’ nve-yard line. but were held for downs. North Carolina used the forward pass great deal, COM plotting eight out of fourteen at tenpts, but they could not Ov crcoInc the goal line defense OF the Game cocks. SiZemore ran brilliantly for South Carolina, and Waite and Brockingtun made the South Carolina wing virtually iinpreG

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 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

North Carolina leads 36–⁠20–⁠4 in 60 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023North Carolina 31, South Carolina 17Duke’s Mayo Classic
2021South Carolina 38, North Carolina 21Duke’s Mayo Bowl
2019North Carolina 24, South Carolina 20
2015South Carolina 17, North Carolina 13
2013South Carolina 27, North Carolina 10
2007South Carolina 21, North Carolina 15

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