Tennessee at North Carolina

Saturday, November 3, 1951

No. 1 Tennessee beat North Carolina 27–⁠0. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 12–⁠5–⁠1.

Away1Tennessee10–⁠1 in 1951
27
HomeNorth Carolina2–⁠8 in 1951
0

FinalHigh 48°F, low 38°F, 0.86 in. of rainAttendance 41,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Hank LouriceIIu Stars for Vols In 20 Win Oyer Tar Heels

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 4, 1951, page 50

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    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.

Tennessee leads 20–⁠8–⁠1 in 29 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.

Recent meetings
2010North Carolina 30, Tennessee 27Music City Bowl
1961North Carolina 22, Tennessee 21
1960Tennessee 27, North Carolina 14
1959Tennessee 29, North Carolina 7
1958North Carolina 21, Tennessee 7
1957Tennessee 35, North Carolina 0

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