North Carolina at Virginia
Saturday, November 30, 1946 Share
No. 11 North Carolina beat Virginia 49–14. It was their 51st meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 23–15–3 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 62°F, low 36°FAttendance 22,500
In the newspapers

Evening star, December 2, 1946, page 10
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Week Ends College Grid Sturs q 1ouftn IN pacing MS team TO 47-l2 victory over Florida. Carl Russ, Rice-Dashed SIS yards for one touchdown and set up two more with long runs as Rice tied for the Southwest Conference title with a 1876 victory over Baylor. Gene Wilson, Southern Methodist-And end, he made touch down runs of Is and IA yards on end-around plays to pace the Mustangs 30–13 victory over Texas Christian. Howard Turner, North Carolima State-Ran and passed his team to 28–7 win over Maryland and scored three of States four touchdowns. Charlie Justice, North Carolina Scored three touchdowns on runs of 81, As and 10 yards in the 49–14 victory over Virginia. Don Fortier, Tulane-Passed for three touchdoWns and scored another on an l8-yard run although his team lost to Louisiana State, 41–27. Joe Golding. Oklahoma–Scored three touchdowns in 1912 rout of Oklahoma A. and M.

The Daily Alaska empire, December 2, 1946, page 3 (results column)
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FOOTBALL :. SCORES :. The followin5 gre Iinal scores cl football games played over the weekend. Oregon State 21; Washington l2. UCLA IS; Nebraska 0. Army 21; Navy IS. Oklahoma 73; Oklahoma AM F. Rice 3S Baylor 6 College of Pacific 19; San Diego State l3 Washington State 20 Michigan State 26. Holy Cross 13; Boston 6. Maryland 2; North Carolina State 28. Notre Dame 26; use 6. Ruburn AT; Florida 12. Georgia Tech ‘; Georgia 35 North Carolina 49; Virginia 14. Tennessee ‘; Vanderbilt G. Alabama 24; Mississippi State ‘ Texas Christian l3; Southern Methodist 30. Louisiana State 4l; Tulane 27 Texas Tech 6; Hardin Simmons 21. There was one Sunday game played and results were as follows: :: St. Mary’s G. San Francisco 0.
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)
North Carolina 63% 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 79 since this game.
Around this game
North Carolina
- Next gamevs. GeorgiaJan. 1, 1947, Sugar Bowl
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1946
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records
Virginia
- Next gamevs. George WashingtonSept. 27, 1947
- SeasonVirginia in 1946
- ProgramVirginia history and records

