Tulane at North Carolina

Saturday, October 8, 1938

Tulane beat North Carolina 17–⁠14. It was their fourth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 2–⁠2.

AwayTulane7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1938
17
HomeNorth Carolina6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1938
14

FinalHigh 73°F, low 38°FAttendance 22,000

In the newspapers

  • The Henderson daily dispatch's story: POWERFUL TULANE WHIPS CAROLINA Duke Get 20 Verdict Over Colgate; Deacons Top South Carolina 2O-19

    Henderson daily dispatch, North Carolina, October 10, 1938, page 1

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    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.

Tulane leads 9–⁠5–⁠2 in 16 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.

Recent meetings
1994North Carolina 49, Tulane 0
1993North Carolina 42, Tulane 10
1975North Carolina 17, Tulane 15
1973Tulane 16, North Carolina 0
1971Tulane 37, North Carolina 29
1970Tulane 24, North Carolina 17

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