Tennessee at North Carolina
Saturday, November 1, 1947 Share
North Carolina beat Tennessee 20–6. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 9–4–1.
FinalHigh 69°F, low 44°FAttendance 41,000
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 3, 1947, page 3 (results column)
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FOOTBALL ! SCORES Final scores of leading football games pleyed over the weekend are as follows. and incidentally look at the whitewash contests: USC 19; Washington Q. California 6; UCIh Q. Oregon State IS; Stanford ‘. Idaho ‘; Oregon 34. Idaho State College l9; College of Idaho 27 Washington and Lee l3; Army 65. Navy 0; Notre Dame 27. Maine 33; Colby 6. Dartmouth IA: Yale 23. Marquette ‘; Michigan State 13. Indiana T; Ohio State 0. Iowa State g; Oklahoma 27 Texas Christian IA; Baylor ‘. Denver 20 Brigham Young 6. Utah l3; Colorado T. Wyoming A; Colorado State IA. Washington and Jefferson 21; Carnegie Tech l3. Utah State 28; Montana State l3 Oklahoma A &M 26; Temple O Georgetown 6; Boston College 27 Tennessee 6; North Carolina 20 Fordham 0; Boston U 26. Holy Cross 19; Brown 20. Penn 26: Princeton 2. Rutgers 31; Harvard T. Columbia 22; Cornell 0. Colgate 0; Penn State 46. Syracuse T; Lafayette 14. w. Virginia 0; Maryland 27. Michigan l4; Illinois 2. Duke 0; Georgie Tech T. Richmond 0, Virginia 34. Texas 13; s. Methodist IA. U. Of Detroit 19; St. Mary’s 6. Pittsburgh O.; Minnesota 29. Wisconsin %; Northwestern 0. Iowa 0; Purdue 21 Auburn 0; Vanderbilt 28 University of Connecticut 14; Coast Guard Academy 0. Wake Forest 0; William and Mary AT. Kansas State 0; Kansas 55. Texas Techs7; Rice 40. Alabama IS; Kentucky 0. Mississippi State 20; Tulane O. Wichita 0; Tulsa 2. Nevada 27; St. Louis 21. San Francisco 20; Santa Clara g Mississippi 20; Louisiana s. IS. Centenary 20; Louisiana Coll. 0 Colorado College 19; Fort Hays T Arizon State (Tempe) 33; New Mexico Aggie 12. Hardin Simmons 33 Houston ‘ Occidental 6. Whittier 4 Utah State 28 Montana State 13 Fresno State T; San Diego s. T California Aggie 12; Humboldt State T. Pomona 27; California Tech 20 Santa Barbara 53; Cal. Poly l4 Washington Freshmen IS; Oregon State Freshmen 6. British Columbia 27; Lewis and Clark T. Western Washington fl; Whit worth O. , Idaho Frosh 26; Washington s Frosh ‘. Everett JIG. 20; Centralia JIG. ‘ Linfield 26; Whitman 6. Wenatchee J. c. 12; Olympic J c. (Bremerton O.

Evening star, November 2, 1947, page 42 (results column)
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Results of CoI|eqe Grid Games ! Scranton, 43; Albright, 0. : | st. Lawrence, 13; Cortland, 7. Susquehanna, 7; Hartwick, 6. Swarthmore, IA; Dickinson, 7. Thiel, 20; Allegheney, 0. Trinity, “a; Worcester Tech, 7. Tufts, 13; Amherst, 7. Union, IA; Williams, O. Washington g. Jefferson, 81; Carnegie Tech, 13. Wayne, IA; Springfield, 10. Wesleyan, Is; Haverford, Is. West Virginia State, 6; Bluefleld, West Liberty, 10; Waynesburg, 7. Yale, %; Dartmouth, IA. South. Alabama, 13; Kentucky, o. Allen, 10; Knoxville, %. Appalachian’ aslat; / 10; Emory and Carson Newman, IL; Milligan, 6. Catawba, 7; Presbyterian, 0: Clark, IL; Morehouse, 0. Eastern Tech, “a; Morehead, 7. Florida, “a; Furman, 7. Florida N g. I, 35; Paine, 0. Fort Valley, IA; Miles, g.. Georgia Tech, 7; Duke, O. Hampton, O; Lincoln, 0. Lenoir Rhyme, 20; Atlantic Chris Maryville, “a; Sewanee, 0. tian, 0. Mississippi, 20; L. S. U.,. 1s. Mississippi State, 20; Tulane, O.. Morristown, 19; Morris, 6. Newberry, 13,, Wofford, 6. North Carolina, 20; Tennessee, 6. N. c. A. g. T., IL; Morgan, IL. N. c. State, 81; Chattanooga, 0. Randolph Macon, %; Washing ton College, 0. Rollins, q; Stetson, 6. Southwestern, 10; hendrix, O. - TuSkegee, “a; Havier, 7. Vanderbilt, 49, Auburn, o. Virginia, “a; Richmond, 0. V.MI., IA; Davidson, IA. Western Maryland, 26; Hamp- den-Sydney, 0. William g. Mary, 81; Wake For Midwest. Adrian, “a; Albion, 6. Augustapa, O; Monmouth, 0. (see FOOTBALL SCORES, P. BID.
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 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Tennessee–North Carolina gameTennessee leads 20–8–1 in 29 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.
| 2010 | North Carolina 30, Tennessee 27 | Music City Bowl |
| 1961 | North Carolina 22, Tennessee 21 | |
| 1960 | Tennessee 27, North Carolina 14 | |
| 1959 | Tennessee 29, North Carolina 7 | |
| 1958 | North Carolina 21, Tennessee 7 | |
| 1957 | Tennessee 35, North Carolina 0 |
Around this game
Tennessee
- Next gameat Ole MissNov. 8, 1947
- SeasonTennessee in 1947
- ProgramTennessee history and records
North Carolina
- Next gamevs. NC StateNov. 8, 1947
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1947
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records

