North Carolina at Duke
Saturday, November 19, 1949 Share
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.
FinalHigh 55°F, low 26°FAttendance 57,500
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every North Carolina–Duke gameOfficially, 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.
| 2026 | North Carolina 24, Duke 20 | |
| 2025 | Duke 32, North Carolina 25 | |
| 2024 | Duke 21, North Carolina 20 | |
| 2023 | North Carolina 47, Duke 45 | |
| 2022 | North Carolina 38, Duke 35 | |
| 2021 | North Carolina 38, Duke 7 |
Around this game
North Carolina
- Next gamevs. VirginiaNov. 26, 1949
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1949
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records
Duke
- Next gameat South CarolinaSept. 23, 1950
- SeasonDuke in 1949
- ProgramDuke history and records

