Davidson at North Carolina
Saturday, November 16, 1929 Share
North Carolina beat Davidson 26–7. It was their 24th meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 16–4–4.
FinalHigh 72°F, low 53°FAttendance 7,000
Wikipedia’s season articles for both teams give North Carolina 26–6 (1929 Davidson Wildcats, 1929 North Carolina Tar Heels).
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 17, 1929, page 87
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TARHEEL REGULARS BEAT DAVIDSON, 26–7 DAVIDSON. N. c.. November Is Shock troops” of the University of North Carolina today gave Chuck” Col linS Tarheel coach. such shock that he yanked them, put in the regulars and the team from Chapel Hill eventually turned in a 26-to-7 victory over the Davidson College eleven. Collins. a pupil of Knute Rockne, Notre Dame mentor, emulated the master. but Red” Parrish, Davidson back. showed his contempt for the Carolima subs by running through them for 81 yards and touchdown, giving David son an early and unexpected lead Thad Brock kicked the extra point, and from then on Davidson battled against the regulars from Chapel Hill, except for an occasional substitution.
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 87% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Davidson–North Carolina gameNorth Carolina leads 28–5–4 in 37 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.
Around this game
Davidson
- Next gamevs. DukeNov. 30, 1929
- SeasonDavidson in 1929
- ProgramDavidson history and records
North Carolina
- Next gamevs. VirginiaNov. 28, 1929
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1929
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records

