Virginia at North Carolina

Saturday, November 8, 1952

Virginia beat North Carolina 34–⁠7. It was their 57th meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 26–⁠18–⁠3 in the games on file.

AwayVirginia8–⁠2 in 1952
34
HomeNorth Carolina2–⁠6 in 1952
7

FinalHigh 58°F, low 22°FAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Harding S Passes Give Virginia 34-7 Victory lover North Carolina

    Evening star, November 9, 1952, page 62

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    Harding S Passes Give Virginia 34–⁠7 Victory lover North Carolina CHAPEL HILL, N. c., Nov. g. Charlie Harding, goat of last weeks last-minute defeat by South Carolina, more than made amends today by throwing three touchdown passes and scoring once himself as Virginia pounded out a BAT triumph over North Carolina. Virginia, scoring in every period overcame an early TO deficit to

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)

Virginia 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, North Carolina leads 66–⁠60–⁠4; as played, 65–⁠51–⁠4 in the 120 games on file; the official count covers all 130 meetings, counting the 73 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Virginia 17, North Carolina 16
2024North Carolina 41, Virginia 14
2023Virginia 31, North Carolina 27
2022North Carolina 31, Virginia 28
2021North Carolina 59, Virginia 39
2020Virginia 44, North Carolina 41

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