North Carolina at Duke

Saturday, November 19, 1949

North Carolina beat Duke 21–⁠20. It was their 35th meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 15–⁠11–⁠3 in the games on file.

AwayNorth Carolina7–⁠4 in 1949
21
HomeDuke6–⁠3 in 1949
20

FinalHigh 55°F, low 26°FAttendance 57,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: North Carolina Noses Out Duke, 27-2O, in Lost-Minute Thriller

    Evening star, November 20, 1949, page 42

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    North Carolina Noses Out Duke, 27–⁠2O, in Lost-Minute Thriller eral minutes while the field was cleared to permit .Souchak to kick. But Big End Art Weiner. who was on the receiving end of two of Justices scoring tosses. came into smother the kick and North Carolina had clinched its fourth straight victory over Duke. The win gave the Tar Heels a perfect SO conference record ahead of runnerup Maryland. winner of four in a row. In the final analysis, despite the Justice Weiner heroics. it was a third period safety that carried North Carolina to its victory. Two Vital Points. Early in the period, with North Carolina leading. 7–⁠6. Tackle Dave Wiley blocked a kick by Duke Tail Back Billy Cox on the 13 and 1t rolled into the end zone for two vital points. Duke scored on the games first scrimmage play, Cox racing rs yards to a touchdown. He cut back to evade three opponents on his IS and then set sail to score easily. Souchak’s try for – IIOn”T 0ADNT MA De- d

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)

Duke 51% to win. North Carolina won as Elo’s underdog.

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 77 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026North Carolina 24, Duke 20
2025Duke 32, North Carolina 25
2024Duke 21, North Carolina 20
2023North Carolina 47, Duke 45
2022North Carolina 38, Duke 35
2021North Carolina 38, Duke 7

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