North Carolina at Tennessee

Saturday, November 3, 1945

Tennessee beat North Carolina 20–⁠6. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 8–⁠3–⁠1.

AwayNorth Carolina5–⁠5 in 1945
6
HomeTennessee8–⁠1 in 1945
20

FinalHigh 58°F, low 44°F, 0.35 in. of rainAttendance 18,000

In the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story

    Detroit evening times, Michigan, November 4, 1945, page 16 (results column)

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    NEW ORLEANS – Tulane. in midst Of a miserable season. suddenly reared up and knocked Missi>Sippi State out OF the undetea1ed nl4Sl4.l3.- Tulane twice came from behind 10 win. Los ANGELES – Lightning fast and amazingly tricky. St. MarN’> College trampled SOUTH ern California. 26–⁠0, before 49, 600 fans and AZ the same time retain it, perfect record. KNOXNILLE-Packing all the thrills and all the touchdowns into the final period, Tennessee roared from behind 10 turning threat enine defeat into a 20–⁠6 victory over North Carolina. LINCOLN. Neb.-Nebraska’s battered Cornhuskers snapped n five-game losing streak by whip ping University OF Kansas, 27–⁠13. The Huskers moved into a l4–⁠0 lead at half time. STATE COLLEGE. Pa.-Three lightning scoring thrusts and a sustained drive gave Penn State its fifth straight football victory over Syracuse by R score OF 26–⁠0. NEW BRUNSWICK. N. j. Two touchdOwns by Art Mann and fne ball carrying by Steve Senko escorted Rutgers to $50 triumph over Lehigh. PROVIDENCE. r. I. - Thrice beaten Brown found 4 winning combination IN Al Isis airmail arm and Ed Netski’s special delivery legs TO defeat Coast Guard, 1916 NEW YORK-Pushing across three touchdowns In the last quarter. Brooklyn College scored e4-t victory yer their interborough rivals, City College. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.-Georgia’s Charlie Trip crossed the Chattanooga goal twice but shared honors with teammates as the Bulldogs won, BAT. RICHMOND. Na.-Llttle Ben Hogan and Jimmy Hines shot one under par 70’s to take the lead At the halfway mark with 1925 in the $4,000 Richmond Open. BERKLEY – An derd o & Washington State team. outplayed for three quarters, engineered one touchdown play in the closing minutes 10 gain a TT tie with California, AMES. 1a.-Fullback Dick Howard gave one Of the most brilliant performances of his collegiate career as he led Iowa state to a t0-l3l victory over Kansas State.

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)

Tennessee 80% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tennessee leads 20–⁠8–⁠1 in 29 meetings, counting the 17 since this game.

Recent meetings
2010North Carolina 30, Tennessee 27Music City Bowl
1961North Carolina 22, Tennessee 21
1960Tennessee 27, North Carolina 14
1959Tennessee 29, North Carolina 7
1958North Carolina 21, Tennessee 7
1957Tennessee 35, North Carolina 0

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