Tennessee at North Carolina

Saturday, October 29, 1955

Tennessee beat North Carolina 48–⁠7. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 16–⁠5–⁠1.

AwayTennessee6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1955
48
HomeNorth Carolina3–⁠7 in 1955
7

FinalHigh 73°F, low 54°F, 0.23 in. of rainAttendance 18,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: North Carolina Battered, 48-7, By Tennessee

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 30, 1955, page 66

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    North Carolina Battered, 48–⁠7, By Tennessee CHAPEL H1IL.. II. G.. Oct. 20 tF9.-A horde Of hard-running Tennessee backs cut North Car olina’s defenses to shreds today as the rapidly improving Volunteers handed the Tar Heels their worst football defeat in 10 years, 48–⁠7. A crowd Of $4,000. including 5e bands, saw the Volunteers completely outclass North Caro-

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)

Tennessee 52% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tennessee leads 20–⁠8–⁠1 in 29 meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
2010North Carolina 30, Tennessee 27Music City Bowl
1961North Carolina 22, Tennessee 21
1960Tennessee 27, North Carolina 14
1959Tennessee 29, North Carolina 7
1958North Carolina 21, Tennessee 7
1957Tennessee 35, North Carolina 0

Around this game

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