Wake Forest at North Carolina
Saturday, October 15, 1949 Share
No. 6 North Carolina beat Wake Forest 28–14. It was their 47th meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 31–9–1 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 76°F, low 57°FAttendance 44,000
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 17, 1949, page 3 (results column)
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HERE ARE STARS SAT. GRID GAMES o \ x1AS0OO4L1 \ A1A/ AtAnJo Al Dugoff, George Washington U fullback-scored all four CIV touch- downs, including one from kickoff from behind own goal. as team de- feated Virginia Tech, 24–14. Billy Boren, Utah-ran kickoff 100 yards for touchdown, scored another from scrimmage with 80- yard run, but Utah lost to Denver, 20sl8. Larry Courtre, Notre Dame helped Irish rout Tulane, 46–7, by scoring first three touchdowns in 10 minutes. Gil Stephenson, Army fullback- scored four touchdowns as Army de- feated Harvard, 54–14. Frank Brunk. California-just off injured list, he made a 102-yard touchdown run for winning marker oyer Southern California, which bowed 16–10~ Charley Justice, North Carolina scored three touchdowns in 28–14 victory over Wake Forest. George Thomas, Oklahoma-click- ed for four touchdowns in helping to heat Kansas. 48–26. Woodley Lewis, Oregon-unfurled asl02-yard kickoff return as Ore gon defeated Colorado, 42–14.
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 82% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Wake Forest–North Carolina gameOfficially, North Carolina leads 74–37–2; as played, 71–34–2 in the 107 games on file; the official count covers all 113 meetings, counting the 66 since this game.
Around this game
Wake Forest
- Next gamevs. William & MaryOct. 22, 1949
- SeasonWake Forest in 1949
- ProgramWake Forest history and records
North Carolina
- Next gameat LSUOct. 22, 1949
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1949
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records

