Tennessee at North Carolina
Saturday, October 29, 1955 Share
Tennessee beat North Carolina 48–7. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 16–5–1.
FinalHigh 73°F, low 54°F, 0.23 in. of rainAttendance 18,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 30, 1955, page 66
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Tennessee–North Carolina gameTennessee leads 20–8–1 in 29 meetings, counting the seven since this game.
| 2010 | North Carolina 30, Tennessee 27 | Music City Bowl |
| 1961 | North Carolina 22, Tennessee 21 | |
| 1960 | Tennessee 27, North Carolina 14 | |
| 1959 | Tennessee 29, North Carolina 7 | |
| 1958 | North Carolina 21, Tennessee 7 | |
| 1957 | Tennessee 35, North Carolina 0 |
Around this game
Tennessee
- Next gamevs. Georgia TechNov. 5, 1955
- SeasonTennessee in 1955
- ProgramTennessee history and records
North Carolina
- Next gamevs. South CarolinaNov. 5, 1955
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1955
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records

