Tennessee at North Carolina
Saturday, November 3, 1951 Share
No. 1 Tennessee beat North Carolina 27–0. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 12–5–1.
FinalHigh 48°F, low 38°F, 0.86 in. of rainAttendance 41,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 4, 1951, page 50
Read the text
Hank LouriceIIu Stars for Vols In 20 Win Oyer Tar Heels ridiculously one-sided aspect for the 41,000 spectators. including the United States and British Ryder Cup golf teams. He sailed a 25-yard pass to Halfback Bert Rechichar for a touchdown early in the first period and about seven minutes later cut loose again on his 27yard scoring run. In the third period. he struck again with another 25-yard pass to End John Davis to put the ball on the one. Lauricella then plunged over. Fullback Andy Ko- Ear scored the final touchdown on an eight-yard plunge after Lauricelia put the ball into position with an 18-yard pass to Davis. Tennessee 13 0 IA 0–27 North Carolina u o O.
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)
Tennessee 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Tennessee–North Carolina gameTennessee leads 20–8–1 in 29 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.
| 2010 | North Carolina 30, Tennessee 27 | Music City Bowl |
| 1961 | North Carolina 22, Tennessee 21 | |
| 1960 | Tennessee 27, North Carolina 14 | |
| 1959 | Tennessee 29, North Carolina 7 | |
| 1958 | North Carolina 21, Tennessee 7 | |
| 1957 | Tennessee 35, North Carolina 0 |
Around this game
Tennessee
- Next gamevs. Washington and LeeNov. 10, 1951
- SeasonTennessee in 1951
- ProgramTennessee history and records
North Carolina
- Next gameat VirginiaNov. 10, 1951
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1951
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records

