Maryland at North Carolina

Saturday, October 28, 1922

North Carolina beat Maryland 27–⁠3. It was their third meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 2–⁠1.

AwayMaryland4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1922
3
HomeNorth Carolina9–⁠1 in 1922
27

FinalHigh 84°F, low 43°FAttendance 2,888

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington herald's story: NORTH CAROLINA WINS FROM IN ONE-SIDED GAME Tarheel Backs Scintillate in 27-3 Victory Over College Parkers.

    The Washington herald, District of Columbia, October 29, 1922, page 13

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    NORTH CAROLINA WINS FROM IN ONE-SIDED GAME Tarheel Backs Scintillate in 27–⁠3 Victory Over College Parkers. CHAPEL HILL. n. c.. Oct. 2s.- In defeating the University of Mary land. 81 to 3. here today. the Uni versity of North Carolina football team touched heights that il has not touched before this season. 1t played rings around its much heavier oponents from start to finish. and before the final whistle blew had piled up a greater score than Princeton made gainst Mary land seven days before. RED” Johnston, the Carolina back, who did so much damage against Maryland at Baltimore a year ago, was again today the bright particular star. when he ran rs yards for a touchdown-twisting. lodging and shaking of the Maryland players one after the other-he treated the tubilant crowd to the most spectacular performance that has been seen on

  • The The New York herald's story: North Carolina Scores "a Points to Maryland's 3

    The New York herald, October 29, 1922, page 54

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    North Carolina Scores “a Points to Maryland’s 3 CHAPEL HILL, N. c.. Oct. 2s.-The University of North Carolina defeated the University of Maryland at football here to-day by 81 to 3. bettering Prince tons score against Maryland week aro and allowing the visitors to get only close enough to the Carolina goal to try a field goal. ..t -. Red Johnston, the star who made most OF the big gains against Maryland a year ago. was the brilliant performer for Carolina again to-day. Once he ran seventy-eight yards for touchdown. Maryland, though much the heavier team had its line torn open for big gains ana was completely mystiied by the

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 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

North Carolina leads 37–⁠32–⁠1 in 70 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.

Recent meetings
2012North Carolina 45, Maryland 38
2008Maryland 17, North Carolina 15
2007North Carolina 16, Maryland 13
2005Maryland 33, North Carolina 30
2003Maryland 59, North Carolina 21
2002Maryland 59, North Carolina 7

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