North Carolina at Wake Forest
Saturday, October 27, 1951 Share
Wake Forest beat North Carolina 39–7. It was their 49th meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 31–11–1 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 77°F, low 50°FAttendance 24,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 29, 1951, page 14 (results column)
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Saturdays Grid Stars DICK KAzMAIER. Pr!nceton-c Completed Is Of X passes for c3s yards and ofi9sa 81 cornei III yards rushing in 0a-lS F0u’ GARY KERKoRIAN, stanford-completed IL passes for 100 yards and kicked two conversions in IA victory over wash Larry 1sBE1L. BaylOr-Hit with – Of Billy fy 4ipwt thsS tsf Ts1ss Ts1ss AMseois A&M touchdowns on runs Of so and 66 yards “ n r,,. i: with ho Baylor, n – three to1chdoWns in $500 VIM win over YER JERRY WITT, wisconstn-scored four 9oat Of one 59e Of SO yards JOHNNY, KARRAs. Iilinois-scored three touchdowns. Including one on >S-yard in conference history, in 2l-0 win over Lowell PERRY. Michigan = Caught and ran back a kick IS yards in 54-S3 RON ENGEL: Minnesota–Returned open against Michigan. TONY cuRc1LLo, Ohio state-Passed for four touchdowns and scored TWO Others zEKE BRArKoWssK1 s and and Harry Tr Babcock Georgia–Scored twice on passes OF rs ian and 53 co,I.s yards se break tie and beat sos D1cKIE DAVIS, wake Forest-scored two touchdovns: one on an S3-yard sprint, and figured in another in 39–7 upset of North Carolina GLIB DAWSON. Texas–Gained I16 yards rushing and caught one touchdown pass in 14–6 win over Rice BOB BESTWIcK, Pittsburgh-completed ~ OF a passes for 335 yards in 1896 loss to Michigan State DON McAULIFFE. Michigan State Scored two touchdowns and passed for two others in win over Pitt EDDIE CROWDER. Cklahoma-Passed to four touchdowns and set UP a fifth with 43-yard run in 55-l4 victory over Col orado. DANNY RAY McKowN. TCU-Scored one touchdown and his passing led to three others in 1926 loss to Southern Cali fornia. FRANK CLIFFORD Southern California Scored two touchdownS and kicked the important four extra points in win ever TCU. CHARLEY LAPRADD, Florida–Defensive tackle played outstanding same against Kentucky.
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)
Wake Forest 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every North Carolina–Wake Forest 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 64 since this game.
Around this game
North Carolina
- Next gamevs. TennesseeNov. 3, 1951
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1951
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records
Wake Forest
- Next gameat ClemsonNov. 3, 1951
- SeasonWake Forest in 1951
- ProgramWake Forest history and records

