North Carolina at Maryland
Saturday, October 6, 1928 Share
North Carolina beat Maryland 26–19. It was their ninth meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 5–4.
FinalHigh 76°F, low 53°F, 0.06 in. of rain
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every North Carolina–Maryland gameNorth Carolina leads 37–32–1 in 70 meetings, counting the 61 since this game.
Around this game
North Carolina
- Next gameat HarvardOct. 13, 1928
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1928
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records
Maryland
- Next gameat South CarolinaOct. 13, 1928
- SeasonMaryland in 1928
- ProgramMaryland history and records

