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North Carolina at Wake Forest

Saturday, September 25, 1926

Wake Forest beat North Carolina 13–⁠0. It was their 25th meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 16–⁠3 in the games on file.

AwayNorth Carolina4–⁠5 in 1926
0
HomeWake Forest5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1926
13

FinalHigh 89°F, low 64°FAttendance 8,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: WAKE FOREST PASSES BEAT NORTH CAROLINA

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 26, 1926, page 71

    Read the text

    WAKE FOREST PASSES BEAT NORTH CAROLINA BY the Associated Press. WAKE FOREST. y. c.. September 25.-A vigorous forward passing at tack in the second quarter gave Wake Forest two touchdowns and f3-toq victory over the University of North Carolina here today. In each instance Rackley. quarter back. shot pass 70. Riley. right end. for the score.

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 52% to win. Wake Forest won as Elo’s underdog.

The series

Every North Carolina–Wake Forest game

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 88 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

Around this game

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