North Carolina at Virginia

Saturday, November 24, 1934

North Carolina beat Virginia 25–⁠6. It was their 39th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 13–⁠13–⁠3 in the games on file.

AwayNorth Carolina7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1934
25
HomeVirginia3–⁠6 in 1934
6

Finallow 40°FAttendance 7,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: VIRGINIA TO LOSE SIX LETTER MEN Four Backs and Two Linemen to Play Last Time Against North Carolina.

    Evening star, November 28, 1934, page 17

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    VIRGINIA TO LOSE SIX LETTER MEN Four Backs and Two Linemen to Play Last Time Against North Carolina. r UNIVERSITY, Va, November 2S.-Six Virginia veteran letter men will be ending their careers in intercollegiate foot ball when the final game of the 1894 season is played against the highly favored North Carolina at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon here. These men are Capt. Tommy johnson of Norfolk, Va. Spencer Berger of Flint. Mich. Vincent Card we’ll of Hampton. Va, and Philip Fryberger of Duluth. MINI, all back field regulars, and Horace Hallett OF Newport News, Va. center, and Billy thinner of Petersburg. Va, guard. Capt. johnson and thinner are the only two of these six regulars who will be in the starting lineup against the Tar Heels. for injuries received in the v. P. I. game will keep both Berger and Hallett out of the contest and may force Cardwell to remain on the bench through most of the game. North Carolina’s line. from tackle to tackle, will outweigh Virginia an average Of II pounds to the man. Virginia has a slight advantage In poundage on the ends and in the backfeld, but not nearly enough to offset the advantage that the Tar Heels have in the line, where their weight is combined with gridiron skill Of the highest order.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BALL A1REsULTs

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 30, 1934, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL A1REsULTs The following are final score: of principal football games played Thanksgiving Day: Loyola 6; UCLA 13. Oregon T; St. Mary’s 13. Montana 4; Gonzaga 6. Fresno State 27; Nevada 0. Whitman 0; Willamette 75. Utah Aggies T; Utah IA. Creighton 0; Idaho 13. Texas Tech 13; Arizona ‘. Kentucky O; Tennessee 19. Gettysburg 0; FranklinMarshall 19. Washington and Lee IA; South Carolina T. Texas A. & M. University 0, University of Texas 13. Kansas 20; Missouri 0. Vanderbilt 0: Alabama 34 Mercer T; Oglethorpe 6. Furman o; Clemson T. North Carolina 25; Virginia 6. Whittier G. San Jose 6. Maryland 19; Johns Hopkins 0. Penn 25; Cornell IS. Pitt 20; Carnegie Tach O., Fordham 39; NYU 13. Bucknell 0; Temple 0. Western Reserve IA; John Car roll o. Colgate 20; Brown 13.

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 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, North Carolina leads 66–⁠60–⁠4; as played, 65–⁠51–⁠4 in the 120 games on file; the official count covers all 130 meetings, counting the 91 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Virginia 17, North Carolina 16
2024North Carolina 41, Virginia 14
2023Virginia 31, North Carolina 27
2022North Carolina 31, Virginia 28
2021North Carolina 59, Virginia 39
2020Virginia 44, North Carolina 41

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