Notre Dame at North Carolina

Saturday, November 14, 1953

No. 1 Notre Dame beat North Carolina 34–⁠14. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 5–⁠0 as played.

Away1Notre Dame9–⁠0–⁠1 in 1953
34
HomeNorth Carolina4–⁠6 in 1953
14

FinalHigh 62°F, low 28°FAttendance 43,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Saturdays Sturs

    Evening star, November 16, 1953, page 18 (results column)

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    Saturdays Sturs Alan Ameche, Wisconsin full back-HiS linebacking was major factor in stopping her aided Illinois ground attack in Badgers BAT upset and he also led all ground gamers with 145 yards. Neil WOrden, Notre Dame full back-Main cog in Notre Danes 34–⁠14 victory over North Carolina with ISL rush. ing yards and two touchdowns. Bernie Faloney, Maryland quarterback-Scored twice, paced smooth attack that smothered Mississippi. $50. Johnny Granting, South Carolima quarterback-Scored twice and passed for third touch down in leading 20-l4 upset of West Virginia. Paul Cameron, UCLA tailback- His two touchdowns gave Bruins 22–⁠6 victory over Wash ington and made him highest scoring Uclan in 27 years. Dusty Rice, Iowa fullback- Scored three times in 27–⁠0 up set of Minnesota. Bob Grier, Pitt halfback-Ran 1913 yards, including an 80 yard run, as Pitt defeated North Carolina State, 40–⁠6. Don King, Clemson quarterback Scored twice and passed for another touchdown in 34–⁠14 triumph over The Citadel. Doyle Nix. Southern Methodist end-Scored both touchdowns as Mustangs defeated ArkansaS, 1877. Dick Carr, Columbia quarter back – Played his eighth straight Commute game, passing for the Lions only touchdown, punting and recovering a tumble in losing cause. Jim Lopez, Yale quarterback His two passes covering IS yards in last AZ seconds of play gave Yale it’s first victory over Princeton since 1916, 26- 24-also ran for score. Royce Flippin, Princeton tail back-Scored on runs of 20 and SO and passed for another touchdown. Bill Beagle, Dartmouth quarter back-Connected on IS of 81 passes for 248 yards and two touchdowns, scored two more himself in 1926 loss to Cor nell. KOsSe johnson, Rice fullbackscored on a plunge after set ting touchdown up with ST. yard pass reception, then cleared a path for Horton Nestra’s leading touchdown as Rice rallied for BAT victory over Texas Aggies.

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.

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Notre Dame 80% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Notre Dame leads 22–⁠1; as played, 22–⁠2 in 24 meetings, counting the 19 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Notre Dame 37, North Carolina 26
2022Notre Dame 45, North Carolina 32
2021Notre Dame 44, North Carolina 34
2020Notre Dame 31, North Carolina 17
2017Notre Dame 33, North Carolina 10
2014Notre Dame 50, North Carolina 43

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