North Carolina at Duke

Saturday, November 16, 1935

Duke beat North Carolina 25–⁠0. It was their 20th meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 9–⁠3–⁠2 in the games on file.

AwayNorth Carolina8–⁠1 in 1935
0
HomeDuke8–⁠2 in 1935
25

FinalHigh 50°F, low 45°F, 0.03 in. of rainAttendance 46,880

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: North Carolina Toppled Duke 27O Cards Oepoler Green 7ero 2 Colgate, Three Times Beaten, Gains Solace in Shattering Syracuse's Win Streak, 27.O

    Evening star, November 17, 1935, page 33

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    North Carolina Toppled Duke 27O Cards Oepoler Green 7ero 2 Colgate, Three Times Beaten, Gains Solace in Shattering Syracuse’s Win Streak, 27.O George Vadas Of Rochester, put the ball within striking distance of Syracuse’s goal line. Irwin once again went over and Chesebro kicked the point. A FTER that, even with reserves do ing most Of the work for Colgate, the outcome never was in doubt. Syracuse tried valiantly to gain, both through the air and on the ground, but the furious and stubborn Maroon held its ground. The final touchdown came early in the final period on a half dozen plays from Syracuse’s 35. A 20-yard forward. Kern to Billings, put the ball on the 6-yard mark, from where Whitney Jaeger Of Westfield, N. j., substitute halfback. went over for the score. Chesebro kicked his third point.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: GRID SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 16, 1935, page 6 (results column)

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    GRID SCORES The following are final scores of football games played this afternoon, received up to press time: Cornell 6; Dartmouth fl. Minnesota 40: Michigan 0. Nebraska 0; Pittsburgh 6. Lehigh 0, Princeton 27. Notre Dame 6; Army 6. North Carolina 0; Duke 25. Ohio 6; Illinois O. Yale 55; LaFayette 0. Temple 26; Marquette 6. Colgate 27; Syracuse 0. Harvard Al; New Hampshire 0.

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 52% to win. Duke won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, North Carolina leads 64–⁠42–⁠4; as played, 64–⁠38–⁠4 in the 106 games on file; the official count covers all 112 meetings, counting the 92 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026North Carolina 24, Duke 20
2025Duke 32, North Carolina 25
2024Duke 21, North Carolina 20
2023North Carolina 47, Duke 45
2022North Carolina 38, Duke 35
2021North Carolina 38, Duke 7

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