North Carolina at Pennsylvania

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  The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., November 15, 1943, page 5

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  DUKE, TAR HEELS STRONG IN SOUTH Second Meeting Important In Determining South ern Supremacy RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 14-lR- The annual Duke-North- Carolina contest has been deciding factor in southern conference football championship campaigns for decade and this year II follows the same pattern but is being served up in a double portion. Dukes mighty Navy powered eleven won the first contest, played at the midway point ot this season at Durham, defeating North Carolima 14–⁠7. The same two clubs clash again at Chapel Hi’‘ this Saturday and both will be minus some OF their eatly season stars who have been transferred by the Navy bu, there is no doubt bu what they still are the strongest teams in the war shorn conference this season. Duke is leading thu title parade with triumphs over Richmond, 81 O., and North Carolina state, 75–⁠0, in addition to the North Carolina win. The Tar Heels doWned N. c. State, 27–⁠13, and the Navy-mann’ ed South Carolina team by a 21-t margin. Outside the loop Duke and NORTH Carolina have impressive records The Dukes have toppleG Camp Lee jeune, Carolina pre-flight, Georgia Tech and Virginia, losing to Navy by a 14–⁠13 margin. North Carolina lost to Georgia Tech, POT, in the opening game of the season ano then breezed along with verdicts over Penn state, Jacksonville Navy, and Penn. Other contests listed for Satur day are overshadowed by this return meeting of the loops two giants. C]emson’s young squad Will fill tough assignment at Georgia Tech, Maryland plays at Lake hurst Navy, South Car DINA enter tains Milligan and Wake Forest goes to Camp Lejeuhe. Other cir cult members are IDLE IN pfepardton for Thanksgiving day games next week. There were three surprises in Yesterdays skirmishes, headed by | underdog North Cardinals victory over Penn, 9–⁠6. Wake f forests four game winning streak was blasted, l4–⁠0, by a hard-running BIC No. IL eleven. Richmond, returning to action after three weeks OF idle ness and with many Of its previous regulars gone, was favored over the Norfolk Marines but not by such a lopsided TAT margin. In other games Saturday, Duke moved smoothly over Virginia which also uses Navy athletes, 49, O: V. M. l. was nc match for Georgia, 46–⁠7; N. c. State bestec Davidson, 2O-O,, in the only game played which counted in the stand ings; cambridge Navy remained undefeated by sinking Maryland, 46–⁠0 and Georgia pretlight ground ed Clemson 1926.

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  Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, November 14, 1943, page 1

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  N. Carolina Tables Late in Game Fourth Period Penn Score Is NuIIified PHILADELPHIA. Nov IS tUPl A plucky North Carolina eleven scored a major upset today hand ing Penn its second straight defeat, 9–⁠6. The tenacious Tar Heels just would not be denied victory Their % first half margin nullificd by PENIS fourth period touchdown, North Carolina came right back with score of It’s own to clinch victory The loss followed PENIS initial reverse Of the season by Navy last week. Penn, the statistics showed. was minus tho early season sting which had brought it national prominence. The QuakerS racked up 10 first downs to eight for North Carolina and netted 300 yards rushing 10 261 for North Carolina, but were not there with the scoring punch Barney Poole, Tar Heel left end batted down an attempted pass by halfback Joe MichaelS in the end zone for an automatic safety Halfback Joe Kane gave Penn its Shortlived lead early in the final period Taking the ball on a reverse around left end. Kane ran so yards through the entire North Carolina team 20 score SUI Frank McKernan’s extra point Try was wide Three m ! nuteS later, Nortf Carolina clinched the game wher fullback Hosea Rodgers ran “a yards through center for a touch down. Halfback George Crime, kicked the extra point. A 50-yard run for a touchdown by Bob Odell was called back ir the second period and Penn was penalized ) yards for. backfield IT motion The defeat left Penn fans won dering what had happened 10 its once top-ranking grid team. Penr won its first five starts. tied Army and has not won since

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, November 15, 1943, page 5 (results column)

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  I’D 4 FOOTBALL SCORES. The following are final scores oil principal football games played over the weekend; California 10: UCLA g. March Field IS; Southern Califor- MIA 0. Notre Dame IS: Northwestern 6. North Carolina 9; Penn 6. Temple O; Penn state 10. wisconsin 0; Michigan q. Cornell 0; Dartmouth 90. Rutgers 20; Lehigh Q. fiE’g Sampson Naval z; Army Is. Navy 81; Columbia 0. North Carolina State 20; David son %. Great Lakes 81: Indiana 7. Case 10; Buckncn 10. Tufts 10; Harvard 7. Oklahoma 20; Missouri 13. Princeton 6; Yale o. Iowa IA, Minnesota 80. Camp Grant 49, Iowa Seahawks 20 Coast Guard 81; Brown 81. Illinois &c; Ohio State 20. Texas Christian z. Texas as. Colorado College Sd; Utah 0. New Mexico 49, Denver Is. Colgate rs; Rensselaer, Poly O. Georgia as; Virginia Military 7. Georgia Preflight 80; Clemson 6 Duke 40; Virginia 0. Georgia Tech 33i Tulane 0, North Carolina Preflight IA, Camp Lejeune IA. Iowa State 20. Drake 0. Fort Riley Ia; Fort Warren 0. Kansas 10; Warrensburg Teachers H. Arkansas IA; Southern Methodist II North Texas Aggies “a; Texas Tech IA. Texas A. & M. 20; Rice 0. College of Pacific 43; Yuma Ari- IONA Army Air Base 0. Spokane Air Service Commands IS; Whitman College 10. st. Mary’s Preflight’ Al, University Of San Francisco O.

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Pennsylvania leads 4–⁠2 in six meetings, counting the one since this game.