Maryland at North Carolina

Saturday, October 15, 1955

Maryland beat North Carolina 25–⁠7. It was their 21st meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 12–⁠8–⁠1.

AwayMaryland10–⁠1 in 1955
25
HomeNorth Carolina3–⁠7 in 1955
7

FinalHigh 65°F, low 39°F, 0.02 in. of rainAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: STATISTICS

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 16, 1955, page 1

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    STATISTICS scored three touchdowns and passed nine yards for another las the Terps beat North Carolima. 25–⁠7. before 10000 home coming fans In pine bordered lKenan Stadium. The Terps. the Nations No. 2, team, were not aWesome, but they were sufIicient as they scored 10 points in the FIRST half land then labored through an llnexciting second half Tnarred Iby q succession Of penalties that finally added to 90 yards for leach team. Victim OF Theft The touchdown the Tar Heels scored surprised everybody in the stadium. but most Of all Quarter back Tamburello. Tambo was standing on his own SIS with the ball on his hip. looking for some body to throw to. when all OF q sudden he didn’t have the bah. Jim Jones. the North Carolina Icenter. had it, plucked from iTambo’s mitt. and Jones easily made the end zone after his big head start. Otherwise the Tar Heels, IL lternating their three sophomore iquarterbacks, never seriously Threatened. They did move Ia THE Terps’ rs after recovering d tumble and getting is yards on ia penalty. but they were back 10 1.-THE 22-yard line on fourth down when Gene Dyson intercepted q lpass. Yield 1s Yards Rushing Carolina gained only l8 yards crushing. which viii enable Mary land to draw even farther ahead Jas the No. ! team In the Nation Jon rushing defense. It was the lsanne terrific tw0some, Bob FeI- Ilegrfni and Mike Sandusky in starring roles. but all the way across the line the Terps were tough. | Tamburelio had another Of his lime days Of play-calIing as the ‘‘lTerps won their 10th straight, tying their second longest wins ming streak under Jim Tatuln. Tambo, playing his ball-con- ‘ltrol game and cllopping OF the Iyardage in short takes. piloted THE Terps rs yards to i touch down In IL plays the first time they had the ball. After Carolima scored In the second hall, / Tambo moved the Terps So yards lin IA plays. 4 TamburelIo was the play caller ion all of Maryland’s touchdow1s, land after the game Coach George Barclay OF the Tar Heels lsaid he was the finest quarter back you could hope to see. rive FaSseS intercepted Maryland’s pass defenders had ‘lanother profitable day. grabbing ‘iuff I’VE Carolina aerials, two Of (which set up touchdowns. Mary land now has IT interruptions III live games. another figure IN (which they’re tops from coast ‘lto-coast. AS Tatlln has said many times. Its more diffcult to fire Up i team for an opponent that has .Ibeen kicked around than when .Iyou play the toughest opposition leach week. From the penalties slfor too much time III the huddle land other reactions. 1t was oh ,Iyious the Terps were not too IN sIspired today. but they let out u .Iwhocp In the dressing room ,lwhen they heard that Syracuse, .lnext weeks opponent, upset Il Continued on Pare C-2. Col. 4

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.

On the newsreel

  • MARYLAND MAKES IT 10 STRAIGHTThe unbeaten Terrapins of Maryland ride to an impressive 25-7 triumph over the Tarheels in a thrilling grid struggle marked by long runs, long passes . . . and an unexpected "steal" by the TarheelsUniversal Newsreel, October 20, 1955. Catalog record at the National Archives

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Maryland 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

North Carolina leads 37–⁠32–⁠1 in 70 meetings, counting the 49 since this game.

Recent meetings
2012North Carolina 45, Maryland 38
2008Maryland 17, North Carolina 15
2007North Carolina 16, Maryland 13
2005Maryland 33, North Carolina 30
2003Maryland 59, North Carolina 21
2002Maryland 59, North Carolina 7

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