North Carolina at Virginia

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, December 4, 1950, page 17

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  Virginia won eight games and lost one in 1941, breaking the longest football slump in the schools history, and since Art Guepe took over as head coach in 1946 he has been reminded hundreds of times about that ~ record. Maybe they’ll stop talking about that 1941 season now,” Art said Saturday night after the Cavaliers thumped North Carolina 44–⁠13. Virginia won eight games this year and it’s victims included Washington and Lees Gator Bow team, North Carolina, and William and Mary. the Cavaliers chief state rival. They lost to Penn and Tulane. Guepe wanted the Carolina game badly. For four straight years Virginia had ended its season in defeat at the. hands OF the Tar Heels. But even Art didn’t expect to win in a romp. Coach Carl Snavely told Guepe after the game that it was the worst beat ing he had taken at North Carolina, and that Virginia could have beaten any team in the country Saturday. Jubilant Over Cavalier Line. The Cavaliers exploded for. A points in the first three periods, but Guepe’s first words when reached in the dressing room were, What did they make on the ground?” When somebody said Carolina showed a minus 20 yards rushing, Guepe gave that personality smile of his and trooped off to shake the hands of his linemen. Guepe admitted that Carolina was sluggish. but added that Virginia took full advantage of the opposition’s letdown. He kept referring to Virginia’s defenses, naming Bob Weir, Tom Scott Dick johnson and Joe Palumbo among others. Johnny Papit, who needed 81 yards to become the first back to top 5000 yards in three years, got 141, but he wasn’t sure he had gone over the top when he hit the dressing room. When reporter showed up he asked if he’d made it. and when told of his total he was a happy fullback. Virginia’s new Alumni Hall was jammed after the game with alumni who get that happy only when a Virginia team beats a Carolina team. But Guepe WASH t

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Officially, North Carolina leads 66–⁠60–⁠4; as played, 65–⁠51–⁠4 in the 120 games on file; the official count covers all 130 meetings, counting the 75 since this game.