Virginia at North Carolina

Thursday, November 20, 1941

Virginia beat North Carolina 28–⁠7. It was their 46th meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 19–⁠14–⁠3 in the games on file.

AwayVirginia8–⁠1 in 1941
28
HomeNorth Carolina3–⁠7 in 1941
7

FinalHigh 72°F, low 53°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Cavalier Leader RoutsCaro|ina In Final Fray New Pass Mark Set As St. Louis Bears Ace Completes l03d

    Evening star, November 21, 1941, page 54

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    Cavalier Leader RoutsCaro|ina In Final Fray New Pass Mark Set As St. Louis Bears Ace Completes l03d NEW YORK, Nov. 2l.-College football, coming in double doses this week because Of the first Of the Thanksgiving holidays, got through the appetizers yesterday, but the main course comes tomorrow. Two individual performances yes terday overshadoWed anything presented in the way of team achieve ments on the slim holiday card for the States which called 1t turkey day. At Chapel Hill. N. c., Bullet Bill Dudley slammed the door OIL brilliant collegiate career by leading Virginia to a 23–⁠7 victory over North Carolina Dudley, backfield ace of the Cavaliers, made his final appearance his best. He scored three touchdOWnStwo on long runs-paSsed to the fourth and kicked all four extra points. When Bill left the game with two minutes to play, his mates rushed of the BENCH and carried him on their shoulders to the sldelines. while $4,000 fans. most of them backing the other team, shook the stadium with their applause. Schwenk Sets Passing Mark. The other 500 stunt was engineered by Wilson BUD Schwenk, the passing star from Washington University at st. Louis, who pitched his team to a 28–⁠7 triumph over Missouri Mines and himself into footballs hall of fame SchWenk went into the game need ing only three completions to break the national record of SO successful passes in one season, set in 1888 by Davey O’Brien of Texas Christian. The husky halfback cooked his right arm % times, and II tosses hit their mark for a total of 106 yards, setting a new record of l03

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)

Virginia 56% 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 84 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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