LSU at North Carolina

Saturday, October 23, 1948

No. 3 North Carolina beat LSU 34–⁠7. It was their first meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayLSU3–⁠7 in 1948
7
Home3North Carolina9–⁠1–⁠1 in 1948
34

FinalHigh 71°F, low 42°FAttendance 41,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Justice Stars Again As North Carolina Triumphs Easily, 34-7

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 24, 1948, page 40

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    Justice Stars Again As North Carolina Triumphs Easily, 34–⁠7 BY the A.seeioted Press CHAPEL HILL, N. c., Oct. as North Carolina smashed Louisiana State, 34–⁠7, today for its fifth straight victory and its 18th over two-year stretch as Tailback Charlie Justice scored once and passed for two other touchdowns. The Tar Heels five touchdowns were scored by as many players They opened with two tallies in the first quarter, went scoreless In the second and sewed up the game with two in the third after L. S. U. had pulled up to 1877. The final score early In the fourth period was merely icing on the cake.> Coach Carl Snavely cleared the bench in the last 10 minutes as all able hands saw action. Justice. Tallies on Run. In addition to scoring the first tally on wide end run from the eight after six minutes, Justice passed to Ends Bob Cox and Ken Powell for third-quarter tallies after Dale Gray had sped 40 yards for the only Tiger tally. The other Tar Heel touchdowns were the production of Fullback Hosea Rodgers who smacked over from the In the first for the second tally and wound up the point parade with a 20-yard toss to Back Bobby Weant in the final period. The Tar Heels, who entered the game third in the Nation on total defense. rolled up an 1877 edge in first downs. They moved for 223 yards on the ground to 103 for Z. 81. u, which was held to a net of eight in the first half. Seventeen North Carolina passes were thrown, with 10 completed for three touchdowns and 178 yards. | L. S. U. tossed 25, completing nine for 50 yards. Overall, North Carolima, moved for 40l yards while | yielding l55. Justice Hits on Passes. Justice, in one of his better performances of the season, completed | seven of 10 passes for 1873 yards, carried the ball 16 times for II | yards and averaged 48 yards on six punts. The Tar Heels scored the first time they got the ball, sweeping 68 yards in dozen plays. Two Justice no sSac ond fhroa no rrioc b1, the ICE FOUNDER featured the march. Bill Cox booted the first of four place ments. He has missed only two OF 10 this season. North Carolina came right back with a 4l-yard march set up by 24-yard return Of punt by Justice. He then contacted End Art Weiner for first down on the 26. Justice and Rodgers made a first down on I the 10 in three shots, then Rodgers banged center for the score. A Is yard holding penalty on the try for point nullifled Cox’s first boot and / he barely missed the second. The Tar Heels were on their way to another score after a 60-yard parade early in the second period, but Justice fumbled on the four and Cole recovered in the end zone for the Tigers. The lineups: Left ends-Bullock, j. Lyle, M, Lyle, Left tackles-Baird. voss Left Ruards-McLelland, Bradley, Gust Centers-claunch, Wray. Barney, Reid. ! Fsbs Esh’ k5o Collins Rses saoa osarterbacks sMcole. Pevey’ ‘i Porta. ‘‘A Left halfbacks--Konz Gray. Right halfbacks-Baggett, Van Buren,, | FullbackszH. Collins, Heroman, schroll, NORTH CAROLINA. Left snds-Weiner, Powell, Romano, Left tackles – Hishsmith, cospitO’ Left guards-Mitten, wardle, FethroH, | centers-stiesman, Holdash. Neikirk. Risht suards-varney, Klosterman, Nc Tackles-szafaryn,s Ryvak, Hansen, M 5izhs I enc spdsGcGy;; & RuOis9; q. Cooke. xu Left half6aeks-Justiee, Maceyko, Bunt- ‘nf Risht haffbacks-clements, Kennedy Britt. Washington, Horcross. Fullbacks-Flamisch Rodgers, Hayes. Score by Periods. Il Norm q 9; Carolina - 1s y Gs4 l.. s. q. scoring: Touchdown--Gray. ment. North Carolina scoring: Touchdowns- Justice, Rodgers, Cox. Powell, Weant Points after touchdown-Cox, place ments). LsU NC. First downs Is

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: College Football Roundup

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 25, 1948, page 3 (results column)

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    College Football Roundup NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-tR- -Col- lege football swings into the back stretch this week with games that should go a long way toward identl- lying the major bowl principals. California’s potent Bears look like a cinch for the Rose Bowl il they can squeeze by Southern Cal Saturday at Los Angeles. The Pasa- dena guest may be de cid ed al Evanston where Northwestern en- gages Ohio State. Down in Dixie, unblemished North Carolina and Georgia Tech, stick ing close to their telephones 1ol Sugar, Orange or Cotton Bowl feel CTS, run into large humps in theh schedules. The N. c. Tar Heels play Ten nessee at Knoxville and Vols coach Bob Neyland, a renowned pessimist, already has predicted an upset victory for his boys. Techs frisky Yellowjackets meet an undefeated Duke team that has been getting progressively better af- ter two opening season ties. The southwest feature is Southern Methodist against Texas at Austin Tie victor in this one could well land in the Gotten Bowl although Eoth must reckon with Baylor, which has only ts on its record. Job for BoUl Promoters The job for the bowl promoters was further simplified last Satur- day when two of the Il unblem shed teams were stricken from the list. Army’s powerful machine rolled over Cornell, 27–⁠6, handing the Biz Red its first smudge. Penn State, riding victory string that covered the 1947 season, was tied by Michigan State, 14–⁠14. The nine left without defeat or t.e in major ranks are: Michigan Metre Dame, North Carolina, Geor- gia Tech, Clemson, Army, Pennsyl- vania, California and Nevada Of these, Michigan, Notre Dan,e and Army aren’t bowl candidates and Pennsylvania, as an ivy leaguel is not overly receptive to hids Michigan, victor over Southern Cal in the Rose Bowl last year can’t return because of a confer ence rule against repeat perform ances. Notre Dame and Army don’t go in for the post-season extrava- ganZas. Wolverines Are Tn The Wolverines. elevated to the No. spot last week in the Asso- ciated Press poll, justified their se- lection by overwhelming Minnesota Saturday, 27–⁠14. They are virtually in as big nine champions. Northwestern, beaten only by Michigan, then takes the lead in the Rose Bowl picture on the basis of it’s 19–⁠16 triumph over Mime sota. But Ohio State also has lost only one game-to Iowa. California continued it’s display of offensive power in smashing Wash ington, 21–⁠0. Oregon, beaten only by Michigan, still is in the running for the Pa cific Coast conference crown and the bowl spot But the Webfoots hopes depend on California stubbing a toe. All the other unbeaten-untied gi- ants came through last weeks tests under wraps excpt Pennsylvania. The Penn forces were handed a tre- mendous scare by winless Navy be- fore they squeaked through. 20-l4. Notre Dame pulled right over Iowa, 27–⁠12. North Carolina showed it’s oldtime power which had been missing the week before in flashing Louisiana State, 34–⁠7 Georgia Tech wallcped Florida, AFT, and Nevada smashed Tulsa, 65–⁠15

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 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

LSU leads 6–⁠1 in seven meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
2010LSU 30, North Carolina 24
1986LSU 30, North Carolina 3
1985LSU 23, North Carolina 13
1964LSU 20, North Carolina 3
1961LSU 30, North Carolina 0
1949LSU 13, North Carolina 7

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