North Carolina at Virginia
Saturday, December 2, 1944 Share
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.
FinalHigh 34°F, low 24°FAttendance 8,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every North Carolina–Virginia gameOfficially, 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.
Around this game
North Carolina
- Next gameat Camp LeeSept. 22, 1945
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1944
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records
Virginia
- Next gamevs. Coast GuardSept. 22, 1945
- SeasonVirginia in 1944
- ProgramVirginia history and records

