North Carolina at Virginia

Thursday, November 24, 1938

North Carolina beat Virginia 20–⁠0. It was their 43rd meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 17–⁠13–⁠3 in the games on file.

AwayNorth Carolina6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1938
20
HomeVirginia4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1938
0

Finallow 28°F, 5 in. of snow

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BAIL @ {A{5SW{5 IFS Ne

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 25, 1938, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BAIL @ {A{5SW{5 IFS Ne The following are final scores Of principal football games played on the gridirons of the nation yester- day Thanksgiving Day) afternoon U.C.LA. 2; Southern California 42 Montana T; Arizona Centenary 14; Louisiana Tech ‘ Colorado State T; New Mexico 27 Colorado 12; Denver 19 Texas T; Texas Aggies 6 Kentucky 0; Tennessee 46 Wake Forrest 21; Davidson 0 Kansas State 2; Nebraska IA Vanderbilt 0; Alabama ‘ Kansas T. Missouri 13 Bucknell o; Miami 19 Idaho 16; Utah Greeley State 0; Montana State G, tie Columbia 27; Brown 36 Western Reserve 13; Case 3 Linfield 6; College of Idaho 0 Villanova 20 Manhattan Cornell o; Pennsylvania 0, tie Carnegie Tech IA; North Carolina State 0 North Carolina 20; Virginia 0 West Virginia ‘; George Washing ton 6 Washington and Lee 13; Maryland 19

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 74% 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 87 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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