North Carolina at Duke
Saturday, November 24, 1951 Share
Duke beat North Carolina 19–7. It was their 37th meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 15–13–3 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 71°F, low 40°FAttendance 41,300
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 25, 1951, page 54
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DURHAM. N. c., Nov. “a Favored Duke slammed back from a 7-to-6 third quarter deficit and routed North Carolina. 19 to 7. today before a crowd of $4,000. 1t was North Cardinals eighth loss of the season-the worst rec ord since football began at the university IN 1888. The hard-fought battle, typical of Duke-North Carolina clashes, was marked by numerous penal ties, fumbles and pass interceptions. Duke scored touchdowns in the first. third and final quarters. North Carolina moved A yards in five plays to score in the third period. The score came on 25yard pass play from Freshman Halfback Connie Gravitte to End
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 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
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 75 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. TexasSept. 27, 1952
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1951
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records
Duke
- Next gamevs. Washington and LeeSept. 20, 1952
- SeasonDuke in 1951
- ProgramDuke history and records

