North Carolina at Duke

Saturday, November 24, 1951

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.

AwayNorth Carolina2–⁠8 in 1951
7
HomeDuke5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1951
19

FinalHigh 71°F, low 40°FAttendance 41,300

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    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.

Officially, 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.

Recent meetings
2026North Carolina 24, Duke 20
2025Duke 32, North Carolina 25
2024Duke 21, North Carolina 20
2023North Carolina 47, Duke 45
2022North Carolina 38, Duke 35
2021North Carolina 38, Duke 7

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