Wake Forest at North Carolina
Saturday, September 30, 1939 Share
North Carolina beat Wake Forest 36–6. It was their 38th meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 27–4–1 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 92°F, low 71°FAttendance 18,000
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, October 2, 1939, page 5 (results column)
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FOOTBALL SCORES The folIowing are final scores of leading football games played last Saturday afternoon. Pittsburgh 27; University of Washington 6. Oregon State 12: Stanford 0. Montana State 6; Idaho T. Oregon State T. Southern Oalifor- mia ‘, tie. New York University T; Colgate 6. Furman T, Army Is. Purdue 0; Notre Dame 3. Missouri 30; Colorado 0. Arizona 0: Minnesota 62. South Dakota o; Iowa Al. Illinois 0; Bradley 0. Clemson 6; Tulane T. Duke 26; Davidson 6. Virginia Military Institute 0; Kentucky 21. Florida O; Texas 6. Wuttenberg o; Carnegie Tech 35 Wake Forest 6; North Carolina 36. Detroit IA; Western Michigan State 0. Vanderbilt IS; Rice 12 Montana State g: Portland Uni yersity 0. Mississippi IA; Louisiana State T. SUNDAY GAME St. MarY,s IS. Gonzaga 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 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Wake Forest–North Carolina gameOfficially, North Carolina leads 74–37–2; as played, 71–34–2 in the 107 games on file; the official count covers all 113 meetings, counting the 75 since this game.
Around this game
Wake Forest
- Next gameat MiamiOct. 6, 1939
- SeasonWake Forest in 1939
- ProgramWake Forest history and records
North Carolina
- Next gamevs. Virginia TechOct. 7, 1939
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1939
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records

