Wake Forest at North Carolina

Saturday, October 1, 1921

North Carolina beat Wake Forest 21–⁠0. It was their 20th meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 14–⁠0 in the games on file.

AwayWake Forest2–⁠8 in 1921
0
HomeNorth Carolina5–⁠2–⁠2 in 1921
21

FinalHigh 77°F, low 54°F, 0.11 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, October 3, 1921, page 25 (results column)

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    the lineup of the Maryland eleven against Rutgers. Without in the least disparaging the work Of the other five local high school men who helped Maryland spread blue pail around New Bruns- Wick, two youngsters who appeared in their first college games deserve much credit for their performances Jack McQuade. former Eastern FULL back. and Ed Pugh. who used to do things at the same position for Tech, are the young men who distinguished themselves against older. heavier and more experienced players, the former at fullback and the latter at end. a position entirely new to him. Under real fire for the first time, neither McQuade nor Pugh showed any signs Of anything other than a belief that somebody proved something different. Groves and B. Brewer of Western. Bailey of Central and Clark and Moore of Tech completed the seven. OF the other four members of the Maryland team which started Nisbet, timore Polytechnic Institute and Branner from the eastern shore of Maryland. Play to Form In South. Alabama and Alabama Poly won their games Saturday without difi- Guilty. as did practically all the other big southern schools Centre College and Clemson engaged in what, by the score, was real hit, the former win ming by two touchdowna Washing ton and Lee swamped Randolph Ma con and v. P. !. defeated by II to o, without much trouble, the highly touted William and Mary team, and North Carolina took wake Forest into camp. 21 to 0. Georgia and Georgia Tech were easy victors over Mercer and Oglethorpe The one poor showing by a SOUTH ern eleven was that Of North Carolima State against the Naval Academy. Virginia Military Institute showed something Of its last years power when 1t rolled up 80 points on Hampden- Sidney, which V. P. /. barely defeated last week by II to Z. Army was not 40 successful as Har. ward with it’s double header games. 1t caught a tartar in the New Hamnshire State eleven. and lost by Z to 10 after defeating Springfield College by 28 to 6. 1t was mostly reserves who took part in the second and losing contest. Northwestern University. which started the practice season with ten regulars back and brilliant prospects. thought it had good chance to can ture the Western Conference cham pionship. However, in its two games so far it has not scored a point. having lost to little Beloit by to and been showed under by Chicago, Al to o.

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 63% 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 93 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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