North Carolina at Duke
Saturday, November 16, 1935 Share
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.
FinalHigh 50°F, low 45°F, 0.03 in. of rainAttendance 46,880
In the newspapers

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 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.
The series
Every North Carolina–Duke gameOfficially, 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.
| 2026 | North Carolina 24, Duke 20 | |
| 2025 | Duke 32, North Carolina 25 | |
| 2024 | Duke 21, North Carolina 20 | |
| 2023 | North Carolina 47, Duke 45 | |
| 2022 | North Carolina 38, Duke 35 | |
| 2021 | North Carolina 38, Duke 7 |
Around this game
North Carolina
- Next gamevs. VirginiaNov. 28, 1935
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1935
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records
Duke
- Next gameat NC StateNov. 23, 1935
- SeasonDuke in 1935
- ProgramDuke history and records

