North Carolina at Virginia

Thursday, November 26, 1936

North Carolina beat Virginia 59–⁠14. It was their 41st meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 15–⁠13–⁠3 in the games on file.

AwayNorth Carolina8–⁠2 in 1936
59
HomeVirginia2–⁠7 in 1936
14

FinalHigh 37°F, low 28°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Foot Ball Stars

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 27, 1936, page 49 (results column)

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    Foot Ball Stars AL Cruver, Washington-Scored three touchdowns, one on an in tercepted pass, in 400 Pacific Coast Conference championship win over Washington State. Howard Dunney, New York u His long-range, cofin-corner kick ing was the main factor in 7–⁠6 up set Of Fordham. Ace Parker, Duke-Scored all points in 1870 triumph over North Carolina State, making one touch down on 70-yard runback of punt. Judson Atchison, Texas–Counted only touchdown in surprise 10 win over Texas Aggies. Henry Mahley, Missouri–His 60 yard touchdown run featured 1873 conquest of Kansas. Marshall Goldberg, Pittsburgh Scored touchdowns on runs of SO, AZ and yards in 3l-14 victory over Carnegie. Ambrose SCHNEIDER, Southern California–His passing and rum ming led 52-yard touchdown drive to tie U. c. L. A. Joe Riley, Alabama–Threw two touchdown passes to beat Wander bilt, 14–⁠6. Dick Rifle, Albright-Scored five touchdowns in 70–⁠13 humping of Muhlenberg. Jack Robbins, Arkansas–His passing led to 1913 win over Tulsa. Jim Porter and Phil Dickens, Tennessee – Formers place-kick for extra point provided winning 7–⁠6 margin over Kentucky, after Dickens had set up tying touch. down with 7o-yard run. Andy Farkas, Detroit-Caught 15-yard pass to pave way for 60 win over Creighton. Bill Kurlish, Penn-His line cracking led Quaker ground-gaining in 1916 victory over Cornell. Charley Ellinger, Maryland Scored all three touchdowns In 1876 win over Washington and Lee. Andy Bershak, North Carolina Led way to 59–⁠14 win over Virginia, scoring once on 50-yard run with blocked punt.

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 84% 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 89 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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