Notre Dame at North Carolina

Saturday, November 12, 1955

Notre Dame beat North Carolina 27–⁠7. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 7–⁠0 as played.

AwayNotre Dame8–⁠2 in 1955
27
HomeNorth Carolina3–⁠7 in 1955
7

FinalHigh 72°F, low 38°FAttendance 38,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Strong Finish BY Irish Spills Tor Heels, TT

    Evening star, November 13, 1955, page 62

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    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 victoryUniversal Newsreel, November 17, 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)

Notre Dame 83% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Notre Dame leads 22–⁠1; as played, 22–⁠2 in 24 meetings, counting the 17 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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