Notre Dame at North Carolina
Saturday, November 12, 1955 Share
Notre Dame beat North Carolina 27–7. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 7–0 as played.
FinalHigh 72°F, low 38°FAttendance 38,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 13, 1955, page 62
Read the text
Strong Finish BY Irish Spills Tor Heels, TT CHAPEL HILL. n C.. Nov. IL or. Held To d 7–7 tie Iii the first hall. Notre Dame storfned back with two third period touchdowns and added another III the fourth 10 rout North Carolima, 27–7. today IN an intersectional football battle before q crowd Of $4,000. Lou LOncaric, N0tre Dame substitute center, intercepted d pass BY Tar Heel Quarterback Dave Reed and raced rs yards for d touchdown In the closing minutes to climax the thriller It was Notre Danes seventh win against one loss this season, and Its seventh straight victory over North Carolina since their series began In ie49. North Carolina now has 3 2–6 season record. The Irish started fast, storm ing 53 yards for 9 first-period touchdown III four plays with Jim Morse going over from the q. North Carolina. playing Its best game Of the season. came back In the second period to tie the score on the running Of Ken Keller and the passing Of Buddy Sasser. The Tar Heels rolled 50 yards IN 10 plays with Sasser t sing q five-yard pass To- Charles Robinson for the score. Keller converted TO tie the game ct TT. The Irish, dominating second half play, rolled SIS yards for a third period touchdown. Paul Hornung went over from the .. Dick Lynch scored from the 2 q short while later after d Tar Heel tumble BY I’d Sutton was recovered on the n BY Ed Sullivan. Irish tackle. North Caroiins threatened late ID the second period when Sasser completed q 34-yard pass to Sutton On Notrs DANES 3,
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
- FOOTBALLAt Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the underdog Tarheels put up a terrific battle to tie up the score into the third period, when Notre Dame busts loose on a fourth down pass, to romp to a 27-7 victory
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Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Notre Dame 83% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Notre Dame–North Carolina gameOfficially, Notre Dame leads 22–1; as played, 22–2 in 24 meetings, counting the 17 since this game.
Around this game
Notre Dame
- Next gamevs. IowaNov. 19, 1955
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1955
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records
North Carolina
- Next gamevs. VirginiaNov. 19, 1955
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1955
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records

