North Carolina at Duke
Saturday, October 10, 1925 Share
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.
FinalHigh 81°F, low 41°FAttendance 6,500
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every North Carolina–Duke gameOfficially, 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.
| 2026 | North Carolina 24, Duke 20 | |
| 2025 | Duke 32, North Carolina 25 | |
| 2024 | Duke 21, North Carolina 20 | |
| 2023 | North Carolina 47, Duke 45 | |
| 2022 | North Carolina 38, Duke 35 | |
| 2021 | North Carolina 38, Duke 7 |
Around this game
North Carolina
- Next gameat NC StateOct. 15, 1925
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1925
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records
Duke
- Next gameat William & MaryOct. 17, 1925
- SeasonDuke in 1925
- ProgramDuke history and records

