North Carolina at Tulane

Saturday, November 4, 1922

North Carolina beat Tulane 19–⁠12. It was their first meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayNorth Carolina9–⁠1 in 1922
19
HomeTulane4–⁠4 in 1922
12

FinalHigh 84°F, low 65°FAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: NORTH CAROLINA DEFEATS TULANE BYI9TOI2 SCORE

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 5, 1922, page 12

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    NORTH CAROLINA DEFEATS TULANE BYI9TOI2 SCORE New Orleans, November 4.-In one tests played here this year, the Uni versity of North Carolina defeated Tulane by a score of 19 to 12 before a crowd estimated at 10000. It was Tulanes first defeat this season. Both teams scored touchdowns in the first period. Lautenschlaeger dashing through the field 95 yards for Tulanes first score. Johnson carried the first touchdown over the visitors and Blount kicked goal. Mcdonald scored for Carolina In the second period. In the third period Sparrow substituting for Johnson, booted two perfect drop-kicks. Tulane’s final touchdown came in the last quarter with but few minutes to play. The lineup and summary; Tulane (12)-Phillips, le; Lamp recht, It; Allison, lg; Reed, c; Tun- stall, rg; Bergeret, Tt: Gamble, re; Lautenschlaeger, ab; Dreifous, lhb’ B. Brown, rhb: Talbot. fb. North Carolina Q9)-R. Morris. le; Pritchard (captain) It; Matthews, lg; Blount, c; Poindexter. rg; McInver, Tt: Cochran, re; Mcdonald. qb; John ston, lhb; F. Morris. rhb; Mcgee, fb. Score by periods: Tulane ..... ....6 0 0 6-l2 North Carolina. ...7 6 O-l9 Tulane, scoring: Touchdown, Laut- enschlaeger, Roeel Substituting for Phillips). North Carolina, scoring: Touch down, Johnston. Mcdonald. Try for point after touchdown. Blount. Goals from field, Sparrow Substituting for Johnston). ?. Referee – Bocock (Georgetownl; Umpirc-Bonner (Auburn); head lin nesban-Maiden (Virginia.)

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)

Tulane 54% to win. North Carolina won as Elo’s underdog.

Tulane leads 9–⁠5–⁠2 in 16 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.

Recent meetings
1994North Carolina 49, Tulane 0
1993North Carolina 42, Tulane 10
1975North Carolina 17, Tulane 15
1973Tulane 16, North Carolina 0
1971Tulane 37, North Carolina 29
1970Tulane 24, North Carolina 17

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