North Carolina at Florida
Saturday, October 25, 1947 Share
North Carolina beat Florida 35–7. It was their sixth meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 4–1–1.
FinalHigh 80°F, low 67°F, 1.41 in. of rainAttendance 25,000
In the newspapers
The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 26, 1947, page 1
Read the text
Rodgers Drives North Carolina To 35–7 Victory Over Gators GAINESVILLE, Fla, Oct. 25-P-Floridas home coming today gave North Carolina the occasion to celebrate a 35–7 football victory. A near-capacity crowd of $4,000 at Florida field saw the Tar Heels sweep to three touchdowns in the first II minutes and add a pair in the final period.
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 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every North Carolina–Florida gameNorth Carolina leads 7–2–1 in 10 meetings, counting the four since this game.
Around this game
North Carolina
- Next gamevs. TennesseeNov. 1, 1947
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1947
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records
Florida
- Next gamevs. FurmanNov. 1, 1947
- SeasonFlorida in 1947
- ProgramFlorida history and records