Davidson at North Carolina

Saturday, November 7, 1942

North Carolina beat Davidson 43–⁠14. It was their 37th meeting; North Carolina leads the series 28–⁠5–⁠4.

AwayDavidson2–⁠6–⁠1 in 1942
14
HomeNorth Carolina5–⁠2–⁠2 in 1942
43

FinalHigh 71°F, low 51°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Tar Heels Too Steady For Davidson, Win In Breeze, 43-14

    Evening star, November 8, 1942, page 40

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    Tar Heels Too Steady For Davidson, Win In Breeze, 43–⁠14 CHARLOTTE, N. c., Nov. T. Craft and steadfastnesss gave North Carolina q 1914 victory over David son College before 10000 spectators here today. Carolina showed naked peer, with a number of simple reverses worked into its pattern, to hand the losers one of their worst wal lopings of the fall. Georgia Tech beat the Wildcats, $50. The Tar Heels scored two touch downs in the first quarter, one in the second, another in the third and two more in the fourth. One extra point was missed. In addition. the Davidsons gavU the winners a safety in the final period Davidson’s offense was grossly in adequate to cope with the plenteous and piercing Carolina line, but new ertheless the Wildcats fashioned two touchdowns through the in strument of the pass, one in the third period and another in the fourth. Johnny Frederick placekicked both extra points.

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.

North Carolina leads 28–⁠5–⁠4 in 37 meetings.

Recent meetings
1942North Carolina 43, Davidson 14
1941North Carolina 20, Davidson 0
1940North Carolina 27, Davidson 7
1939North Carolina 32, Davidson 0
1938North Carolina 34, Davidson 0
1937North Carolina 26, Davidson 0

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