Davidson at North Carolina
Saturday, November 18, 1922 Share
North Carolina beat Davidson 20–6. It was their 17th meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 10–3–4.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 40°FAttendance 7,500
Wikipedia’s season articles for both teams give North Carolina 29–6 (1922 Davidson Wildcats, 1922 North Carolina Tar Heels).
In the newspapers

Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, November 19, 1922, page 49
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TARHEELS WALLOP DAVIDSON ELEVEN University of North Carolina Ovcrruns Rival for State Honors. USE AERIAL ATTACK Both Teams Resort to Open Style-Final Score, 29–6. CHARLOTTE, y. c., Nov. ls.-The University Of North Carolina overran the Davidson eleven for four touch downs and field goal here today, winning, % to 6. and making TWEEN ty-one first downs TO seven for Dawilson. Aerial work featured the game. and IL was by this means that Davidson scored in the final period largely against second-string MEN. DR.. y. II. Edgerton. a Columbia, S. c.. physician, and former Davidson player. who had been aiding in coach ng the team. was taken from the cid between the halves, despite his protests. because he had no, badge. officials OF the game FASTENED to bring him back Detectives said later they were under instructions to keep away all without badges, but Davidson students were vociferous in their shouts OF Indignation. Lineup and summary: n. Carolina Position. Davidson. II. Morris -. left end. $500. Fajson Matthews -. LEFT tackle. McAIasters Pritchard ....left guard. -. S. Davis Blount center. ......... Bricc PoindeXter right guard. Sorrelis McIver fright tackle. Clarke Cochran right end. M. Davis Mcdonald ..auarter back. Hendrix Merritt 49,. left half. -. Shepard Johnston right half. Hunt MCGEE ...full back ....... Moore Score by periods: Total. y. Carolina. 0 z c. 90 Davidson ..... 0 0 0 g. 6 Summary: North Carolina storing Touchdowns, Merritt. MCGEE. Ran dolph (sub for JohnstoO. Tenny (sub for Randolph). Points from observation-disclosures and Sparrow (sub for McGee). Ont out of two attempts, each. using drop kicks. Field goal Sparrow. Davidson scoring: Touch down-C. NJ. Davis. Referee. Sampson est. Albans); umpire. Perry (Sewanee); head linesman, lizard CIV. q LID. Time of periods-15 minutes each.
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 82% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Davidson–North Carolina gameNorth Carolina leads 28–5–4 in 37 meetings, counting the 20 since this game.
Around this game
Davidson
- Next gameat FurmanNov. 30, 1922
- SeasonDavidson in 1922
- ProgramDavidson history and records
North Carolina
- Next gameat VirginiaNov. 30, 1922
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1922
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records

