Virginia at North Carolina

Thursday, November 30, 1939

No. 16 North Carolina beat Virginia 19–⁠0. It was their 44th meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 18–⁠13–⁠3 in the games on file.

AwayVirginia5–⁠4 in 1939
0
Home16North Carolina8–⁠1–⁠1 in 1939
19

FinalHigh 69°F, low 45°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BAG55 sH {4{5SW{5 IFS Nr

    The Daily Alaska empire, December 1, 1939, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BAG55 sH {4{5SW{5 IFS Nr The following are final scores of football games played yesterday Day in many states. Tennessee 19; Kentucky O.. Texas O; Texas A and M 20 Rutgers 0; Brown IS. Centenary 19; Louisiana Tech O. Virginia 0; North Carolina 19. Alabama 39 anderbilt V0. Florida T; Auburn T, tie. Arizona 6; Montana o. Denver IT; Colorado 27. New Mexico 21: Colorado Aggies 19. San Jose State 12; Drake 0. UCLA 24; Washington State 2.

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 83% 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 86 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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