Duke at North Carolina

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  Henderson daily dispatch, North Carolina, November 22, 1940, page 1

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  Chapel Hill, Nov. 22.-North Caro- ‘lina’s entire football squad Of 46 men will leave Durham at 7 o’clock tonight by train for Charlottesville, Va, where Saturday afternoon at p o’clock in Scott Stadium the Tar Heels will oppose the strongest Wiz ginia eleven in recent years. A near-capacity crowd or $4,000 is expected to attend this contest, which is being played on Saturday in stead of the customary ThanksgiVing Day date due to conflict in the State and national Thanksgiving holidays. North Carolina, regarded by some as favorites on the basis Of its 6–⁠3 unset win over Duke last week, will be battling to even the series in victories in this 45th contest in a 48year-old rivalry. Virginia has won q games, Carolina 20, and three of the contests have ended in ties. The Tar Heels haven’t looked i’m pressive in practices this week and letdoWn with disastrous results is feared. Likewise, the Cavaliers, with what Tar Heel scouts are calling zone of the spcediest and trickiest attacks

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  The Key West citizen, November 18, 1940, page 3 (results column)

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  Harmon Nears Grange’S Observation-Disclosures Edged NOtre Dame, 20 Clinches West ern Conference Title; Florida U. Crushes Mi ami Hurricanes touchdown of the record set by Harold Red) Grange, the ia nous “Galloping Ghost” of Il linois, who was in the stands watching the Wolverine ace in action for the first time. Harmon crossed the line in the first period Saturday against Northwestern’s ! Wildcats for his thirtieth touch down of the season. Oranges record is 81. Michigan won the gridiron battle by the impressive count of 20–⁠13. Two scores in the initial period, with Harmon kicking both extra points, put the VOL verineS ahead, 14–⁠0. Northwest ern came through in the second quarter for a score and Hahnenstein raced 80 yards in the fourth for their other touchdown. Out standing performance for Michigan was credited to Bob West fall, fullback. He crossed North Westerns goal line twice and with three minutes left to play cut short by a yard the opposition’s first down on Michigan’s seven-yard line. Repeating their performance of last year, Iowa handed Notre Dame its first defeat of the sea- SON with a thrilling fourth period touchdown and successful place-kick for the extra point. After holding the Irish in check for three quarters, Capt. Mike Enich of Iowa snatched a tumble by Milt Piepul and carried the ball to Notre Danes 46-yard line. Although they lost the pigskin on the 23-yard line, their spirit was afire and they couldn’t be stop ped. From the line of scrimmage at 20 yards, the Iowans pushed their way across the goal, and before the game ended they had reached Notre Danes eight yard line in another touchdown attempt. Cornell Dartmouth Cornell defeated Dartmouth 7–⁠3 in the fourth quarter with only six seconds to play and six yards to go. Walt Schools touch down pass to Bill Murphy accomplished the feat. Harvard won its first major game of the season in downing Brown, 14–⁠0. Texas Christian lost its first gridiron battle of the year and thereby forfeited its chances of ending in a tie for the Southwest Conference title. Tex as University was the victor, 21–⁠14. Minnesota Clinched Title ! Minnesota clinched the West ern Conference title by rolling over. Purdue, 1916, for their fifth straight conference victory, remaining the only eleven Of the Big Ten undefeated. Wander bilt scored in every period except the first to whip Tennessee Tech. 2l-O. North Carolina State, spanked by Dick Watts, defeated The Citadel, 20–⁠14. Clemson scored a touchdown in the final period to tie Mem phis. 1912. Coming from behind in the fourth quarter, Tulane grabbed its first Southeast ern Conference game in walloping Georgia’s Bulldogs. 21-T3. Columbia and Navy played to a 4 ScoreleSS tie. A successful place-kick for an extra point was the margin of victory for Alabama’s Crimson Tide over Georgia Tech, 14–⁠13. Boston College ended George towns unbeaten record In a 1918 thriller. University of Florida crushed the Miami Hurricanes. 1875, for their second straight triumph over the Miami U. :. A 75-yard fourth quarter drive that ended in a touchdown gave the University of North Carolima a close victory over Duke University, 6–⁠3. Losing the seasons opener to Minnesota, Ne braska’s Cornhuskers have defeated all comerS since, annex ing their sixth straight Saturday by downing Pittsburgh’s PantherS, 81. .V.M.I. defeated Gen. tire, 10–⁠6.

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Officially, North Carolina leads 64–⁠42–⁠4; as played, 64–⁠38–⁠4 in the 106 games on file; the official count covers all 112 meetings, counting the 87 since this game.