North Carolina at Duke

Saturday, October 10, 1925

North Carolina beat Duke 41–⁠0. It was their 10th meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 4–⁠0 in the games on file.

AwayNorth Carolina7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1925
41
HomeDuke4–⁠5 in 1925
0

FinalHigh 81°F, low 41°FAttendance 6,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: DUKE Is POWERLESS AGAINST TARHEElS BY the Associated Press.

    Evening star, October 11, 1925, page 79

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    DUKE Is POWERLESS AGAINST TARHEElS BY the Associated Press. BY the Associated Press. DURHAM, n. c., October 10.-With several backtield combinations work ing in perfect harmony. the University Of North Carolina defeated Duke University this afternoon, 41–⁠0. Boomer, Sparrow, Ferrell and Young were the outstanding lights in the Carolina backfield. Sparrow’s toe work was outstanding. Twice he boot ed field goals via perfect drop-kicks, one of which was sent forward from the 40-yard line. In the first half minute of play I’m derwood recovered a Duke tumble and ran for touchdown. This play seemed to demoralize Dukes defense

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 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, North Carolina leads 64–⁠42–⁠4; as played, 64–⁠38–⁠4 in the 106 games on file; the official count covers all 112 meetings, counting the 102 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026North Carolina 24, Duke 20
2025Duke 32, North Carolina 25
2024Duke 21, North Carolina 20
2023North Carolina 47, Duke 45
2022North Carolina 38, Duke 35
2021North Carolina 38, Duke 7

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