Davidson at North Carolina

Saturday, November 16, 1929

North Carolina beat Davidson 26–⁠7. It was their 24th meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 16–⁠4–⁠4.

AwayDavidson5–⁠5 in 1929
7
HomeNorth Carolina9–⁠1 in 1929
26

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

  • The Evening star's story: TARHEEL REGULARS BEAT DAVIDSON, 26-7

    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.

North Carolina leads 28–⁠5–⁠4 in 37 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.

Recent meetings
1942North Carolina 43, Davidson 14
1941North Carolina 20, Davidson 0
1940North Carolina 27, Davidson 7
1939North Carolina 32, Davidson 0
1938North Carolina 34, Davidson 0
1937North Carolina 26, Davidson 0

Around this game

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