North Carolina at Virginia

Saturday, December 2, 1944

Virginia beat North Carolina 26–⁠7. It was their 49th meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 21–⁠15–⁠3 in the games on file.

AwayNorth Carolina1–⁠7–⁠1 in 1944
7
HomeVirginia6–⁠1–⁠2 in 1944
26

FinalHigh 34°F, low 24°FAttendance 8,000

In the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story: Virginia 0uttIdsses North Carolina, 26-7

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, December 3, 1944, page 17

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    Virginia 0uttIdsses North Carolina, 26–⁠7 NORFOLK. Va, Dec. 2 INSD University of Virginia outclasSed North Carolina today to roll up a 70 TO Z victory. Cardinals lone tally came in the second period while the Virginians were amassing three touchdowns. The game was scoreless after the halfway mark until the final quarter when Virginia pushed across another tally.

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 69% 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 81 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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