Wake Forest at North Carolina

Saturday, September 26, 1925

Wake Forest beat North Carolina 6–⁠0. It was their 24th meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 16–⁠2 in the games on file.

AwayWake Forest6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1925
6
HomeNorth Carolina7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1925
0

FinalHigh 80°F, low 55°FAttendance 7,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: WAKE FOREST WINS FROM N. C. u, 6 TO 0

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 27, 1925, page 1

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    WAKE FOREST WINS FROM N. C. u, 6 TO 0 CHAPEL HILL, N. c., September 26.-Wake Forest College defeated the University Of North Carolina at foot ball here this afternoon, 6 to 0. A touchdown by Chackales, Wake Forest fullback, late in the final period was the margin. After battling on nearly even terms for three quarters, the Deacons I’M leashed two forward passes. Rackley to ODER, and Rackley to Ellery, that carried the ball to Cardinals 2-yard line. Carolina held for downs once, but Riley blocked Sparrow’s punt on the 3yard line and Ellerbe recovered. Two plunges,’ ,Greason,> over center. and Chackales carried the ball across Ellerbe failed to kick goal. Capt. Greason was the individual star. Iine-ID:

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 59% to win. Wake Forest won as Elo’s underdog.

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 89 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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