Tulane at North Carolina
Saturday, October 8, 1938 Share
Tulane beat North Carolina 17–14. It was their fourth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 2–2.
FinalHigh 73°F, low 38°FAttendance 22,000
In the newspapers

Henderson daily dispatch, North Carolina, October 10, 1938, page 1
Read the text
POWERFUL TULANE WHIPS CAROLINA Duke Get 20 Verdict Over Colgate; Deacons Top South Carolina 2O-19 North Carolina came out on the short end of 17–14 score with Tulane Saturday at Chapel Hill, the game he ing the feature of Homecoming and Monogram day at the State University. Bronco Drummer, Tulane halfback was, in the opinion of those who saw him, Saturday, the hardest running back seen in North Carolina for years. 1t was almost impossible to stop the back. He was; responsible for two Tulane touchdowns. Stirnweiss made one for Carolina, and George Watson scampered for the other. ~ Duke got the edge over Colgate at Buffalo, n. Y, winning 7 to in a game fight. n Wake Forest spotted South Carolima two touchdowns, then came from behind to win 20 to 10 in a thrilling contest. The Deacons rolled up plenty OF ground-gaining, but the Gamecocks got the breaks to roll UP their score.
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 76% to win. Tulane pulled the upset.
The series
Every Tulane–North Carolina gameTulane leads 9–5–2 in 16 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.
Around this game
Tulane
- Next gamevs. RiceOct. 15, 1938
- SeasonTulane in 1938
- ProgramTulane history and records
North Carolina
- Next gameat New York UniversityOct. 15, 1938
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1938
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records

