North Carolina at Duke

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 23, 1947, page 43

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  Justice Is Sparkp|ug As North Carolina Whips Duke, 10 DURHAM, N. c., Nov. 22-Charley (Choo Choo) Justice, the Asheville Flyer, spanked North Carolina to 2l-0 victory today over its arch athletic rival, Duke, dispelling the gloom of a rainy, cold day here before $500 fans in Duke stadium North Carolina alumni all season have been waiting for Justice to gallop and today the Tar Heel aggregation got its reward double. Not only did Justice go for a brace of touchdowns, but he also tipped a touchdown pass to End Bob Cox, subbing for Mike RUBBISH, for a third. Justice Starts Rolling. There was no denying the Tar Heels their triumph in spite of inspired play by a crippled Duke line. North Carolina scored its first touchdown after eight minutes and As seconds of the second quarter when Justice rolled his own right end for five yards. The run climaxed a 40-yard drive engineered in five plays. A few minutes later in the period the Tar Heels struck again, this time from SO yards out. Walt Pupa tipped 20-yard pass to Art Weiner who lugged the ball to the Duke is. On the next play, Jim Camp took a reverse to the Duke l, and then Justice rifled chest-high pass for a touchdown to Cox. The third touchdown came early in the third on some nice running by Justice after he had helped pace his team mates for SO yards. The drive opened with an 18-yard fiat zone pass from Pupa to Justice, who was knocked out of bounds on the Duke Al. Justice passed to Cox for a first down at the Duke 80 Camp; on a reverse. ran to the TO- Two line plays by Justice gained four. Pupa drilled a short behind the-line pass to Justice who eluded three would-be tacklers in racing for a score. Cox Boots Field Goal. The final score, a 14-yard place kick for a field goal by Cox, came after a Award march in the third

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 23, 1947, page 1

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  Justice PAGES Carolina To 21–⁠0 Victory Over Devils Fourth Quarter Virginia tumble Gives State win ~ Duke Knocked From sc Title; Lose II Yards hing; Va. Passes Fail CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Nov. ~22-R-Furiously fighting North Carolina State jumped on a fourth-quarter tumble today and drove over a touchdown to upset favored Virginia To before 10000 fans. Virginia, stopped short of the goal line, pulled ahead in the third quarter when end Bob Weir nailed State fullback Les lie Palmer in the end zone as Palmer tried to pass. But State kept the play in Virginia territory most of the final period; smothered a fun BILE on the IS yard line, and marched to the winning score with Fletcher charging over from the three.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, November 24, 1947, page 3 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL SCORES . Fina scores of principal ioot- all games played over the week end are as follows: Washington 20; Washington S. o. Oregon State 6; Oregon l4 California 2l; Stanford IS. use 6; UCLA 0, Colorado ARM 2l; Wyoming 6 Oklahoma IA; Nebraska D. Tulane 6; Notre Dame 80 North Carolina 21; Duke 0. Ohio State o; Michigan 2l. Washington & Lse l3; Dela- ware 13 Western Maryland 14; Johns Hopkins IA, tie. Xavier ‘; Ohio University l2 Butler 19; Cincinnati 26 Wisconsin 0; Minnesota 2l Haverford l3: Swarthmore 0. Albright l9; Penn M. c. 27 Mohawk College 14; Devene Col lege 32. Auburn Is; Clemson 34.

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Officially, 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 79 since this game.