North Carolina at Miami
Friday, October 4, 1946 Share
North Carolina beat Miami 21–0. It was their first meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 1–0 as played.
FinalHigh 86°F, low 71°FAttendance 31,451
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 8, 1946, page 17
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|9O-Minute Scrimmaqe Tests Terp Gridders The University Of Maryland foot ball squad worked much harder yes terday than it did last Friday night when it spent most of the evening in futile pursuit of the University of Richmond’s fleet backs. Coach Clark Shaughnessy opened the Commute scrimmage session with the remark, Those who aren’t dead by Thursday We’ll take along Ito North Carolina). At the end of the session most of the players voiced no preference. Maryland, a 1-to-3 touchdown favorite over Richmond, will be a 3-to-5 touchdown underdog against the Tarheels Saturday afternoon. Richmond supporters are publicizing the Spiders victory over the Terps as the biggest upset in the Nation last week end. North Carolina, 21–0 victor over Miami’s Orange Bowl champions last Friday night, opened practice at Chapel Hill and Coach Carl Snavely reported tackle trouble. Ernie Williamson was injured against Miami and joined Stan MarcZyk on the sidelineS
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)
Miami 65% to win. North Carolina pulled the upset.
The series
Every North Carolina–Miami gameOfficially, North Carolina leads 14–11; as played, 16–11 in 27 meetings, counting the 26 since this game.
Around this game
North Carolina
- Next gamevs. MarylandOct. 12, 1946
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1946
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records
Miami
- Next gamevs. TCUOct. 11, 1946
- SeasonMiami in 1946
- ProgramMiami history and records

