North Carolina at Duke
Saturday, November 24, 1945 Share
No. 15 Duke beat North Carolina 14–7. It was their 31st meeting; after it, the series stood even at 11–11–3 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 45°F, low 20°FAttendance 44,000
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 26, 1945, page 2 (results column)
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SERVICE SCHOOLS BATTLE SATURDAY AT PHILADELPHIA Pres. Truman To Attend Meeting Between Un- beaten Grid Machines BY TED ME1ER NEW YORK, Nov. 25-(Pl-The game every football fan has looked forward to all season-Army VS. Navy-is on tap this week as the 1945 grid season passes into mem ory. More than 100000 will jam NUMcipal stadium in Philadelphia on Saturday to watch this first peace time renewal OF the nations service classic, a traditional affair that this year pits two undefeated teams against each other with the mythical national championship at stake. The meeting between Army s terrific Cadets, unbeaten and untied in II straight games, and Navy’s unbeaten but tied, aggregaton has aroused such tremendous interest that President Truman has announced he intends to be on hand. This automatically will bring out cabinet members. most OF Washington’s diplomatic corps and all high ranking admirals and generals. Army, sparked by All-Americans Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard, and the Middies, who have i’m proved steadily since the season opened, were idle yesterday as most Of the country’s conference and sectional championships were decided. Unbeaten, but tied, Indiana cap tured its first western conference title in history by ripping Purdue for four second-half touchdowns and 26-to-0 triumph. Michigan took second place by scoring last period touchdown to defeat Ohio State, 7–3. Pennsylvania bounced back from its Army defeat to wallop its traditional rival, Cornell, SO to 6, to win Ivy League honors while Duke, reported to be in line for Bowl bid, retained the Southern Conference title by beating North Carolina, 14–7. Missouri took the Big Six crown by bowling over Kansas, 80 to IL, while the Oklahoma Aggies, who previously had captured the Missouri, Valley title, kept its unbeaten and united record clean by swamp ing Oklahoma, 47–0. The Aggies probably will get Bowl bid. Unbeaten and united Alabama, southeastern conference champion and already picked for the Rose Bowl. rolled over Pensacola Navy, 55–6, while Texas took over first place in the southwest as Texas Christian upset Rice, 14–13. Texas can clinch the title by beating the Texas Aggies on Thursday. Washington State won the north ern division title Of the Pacific Coast conference by nicking Wash ington, to 0, and along with Southern California remained ;r the running for the right to play Alabama in the Rose Bowl. The Trojans trounced Oregon State, 81 7, as California eliminated UCLA in an upset, 60. Saturdays UCLA use game will decide. II use wins or ties, the Trojans will gair the Rose Bowl spot. A UCLA vic tory will give the honor to Wash ington State. New Mexico, beaten only by Utah, was held to a 6–6 tie by Texas Tech, but after the game accepted a bid to play in the Sur Bowl. Denver, which won the Big Seven conference by whipping Colorado on Thanksgiving, may be invited to bowl, too. Saturday was not without its up sets. The most notable, in addi ton to those of TCU over Rice ane California over UCLA, were Mary lands 19 to 13 triumph over Vir ginia, Mississippi’s Z to victory over Mississippi State, Clemson 81 to Z verdict over Georgia Tecf and Lafayette’s Z to 0 decision ove1 Lehigh. The defeat ended Vir ginia’s 15-game unbeaten streak. Columbia, whipped only by Penn crushed Dartmouth, q to 0 to wine up one Of it’s most successful sea sons. Yale came from behind 4 nip Princeton, 20 to IA, and car win the Big Three laurels by beat ing Harvard this week. Minnesota, after promising start, finished in the Western con ference cellar, with Iowa. by los ing to Wisconsin, 1912, and Pit ended six-game losing streak ~ downing Penn State, 10. Notrt Dame spotted Tulane a 60 leae and then rolled up a 1926 margin Leading games this week, in ad dition to Army and Navy, include Thursday. Texas VS. Texas Az 8 les Mississippi-C Chattanooga Wichita-St. Louis. Saturday: Baylor VS. Rice. Glen son VS. Wake Forest. Georgia v. Georgia Tech. Harvard VS. Yale Louisiana State VS. Tulane. Missis sippi State VS. Alabama. Notr, Dame VS. Great Lakes. Oregon LSto4o uc Oraoop Mor,I.,

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 25, 1945, page 1 (results column)
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Maryland Gridders Upset Virginia, 1913; Indiana Wins Title The University of Maryland football team snapped Virginia’s tWo-year undefeated string, 1913, before $4,000 at Griffith Stadium yesterday in the top college game of the season here. Indiana won its first Big Ten title, Missouri clinched the Big Six crown and Duke retained the Southern Conference cham pionship to highlight yesterdays college games elsewhere. Indiana defeated Purdue, $50; Missouri doWned Kansas, 1912, and Duke beat North Carolina, 14–7. The Pacific Coasts Rose Bowl picture was muddled fur ther when California upset UCLA, 60. In racing, Star Pilot won the Pimlico Futurity and Stymie took the Riggs Handicap. “Details in sports section.)
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)
Duke 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every North Carolina–Duke gameOfficially, North Carolina leads 64–42–4; as played, 64–38–4 in the 106 games on file; the official count covers all 112 meetings, counting the 81 since this game.
| 2026 | North Carolina 24, Duke 20 | |
| 2025 | Duke 32, North Carolina 25 | |
| 2024 | Duke 21, North Carolina 20 | |
| 2023 | North Carolina 47, Duke 45 | |
| 2022 | North Carolina 38, Duke 35 | |
| 2021 | North Carolina 38, Duke 7 |
Around this game
North Carolina
- Next gamevs. VirginiaDec. 1, 1945
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1945
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records
Duke
- Next gameat NC StateSept. 28, 1946
- SeasonDuke in 1945
- ProgramDuke history and records

