North Carolina at Maryland

Saturday, October 6, 1928

North Carolina beat Maryland 26–⁠19. It was their ninth meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 5–⁠4.

AwayNorth Carolina5–⁠3–⁠2 in 1928
26
HomeMaryland6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1928
19

FinalHigh 76°F, low 53°F, 0.06 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Upsets Feature Foot Ball Contests; ''Big Three" Victors

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 7, 1928, page 1 (results column)

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    Upsets Feature Foot Ball Contests; ‘‘Big Three” Victors Foot ball yesterday was featured by the defeat of Michigan by Ohio Wesleyan. II to Z, a dis tinct upset; the second reverse of the season for Navy at the hands of Boston College, to 0, and Army’s stirring 14-to-13 victory over Southern Methodist. Among Washington teams, Georgetown beat Susquehanna, 88 to o; Catholic U. routed Amer ican u, 65 to O; Maryland lost a thriller to North Carolina, 26 to 19; Gallaudet bowed to Temple, 80 to O. and George Washington succumbed to Fordham, 20 to 0. All of the big Three” Yale, Princeton and Harvard, won their opening games by wide margins. Notable among the days contests was Wisconsin’s 22-to-6 win over Notre Dame in an engagement that was regarded as even prior to the battle.

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)

Maryland 52% to win. North Carolina won as Elo’s underdog.

North Carolina leads 37–⁠32–⁠1 in 70 meetings, counting the 61 since this game.

Recent meetings
2012North Carolina 45, Maryland 38
2008Maryland 17, North Carolina 15
2007North Carolina 16, Maryland 13
2005Maryland 33, North Carolina 30
2003Maryland 59, North Carolina 21
2002Maryland 59, North Carolina 7

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