Maryland at North Carolina

Saturday, October 20, 1956

North Carolina beat Maryland 34–⁠6. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 13–⁠8–⁠1.

AwayMaryland2–⁠7–⁠1 in 1956
6
HomeNorth Carolina2–⁠7–⁠1 in 1956
34

FinalHigh 66°F, low 51°F, 0.16 in. of rainAttendance 21,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Tar Heels Humi|iate Terps> 34-6; Michigan State Routs Irish, 47-14 Maryland Gets Worst Defeat Since 1913

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 21, 1956, page 1

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    Tar Heels Humi|iate Terps> 34–⁠6; Michigan State Routs Irish, 47–⁠14 Maryland Gets Worst Defeat Since 1913 CHAPEL HILL, N. c., Oct. 20. Jim Tatum spent the past week reorganizing his stu m bering North Carolina football team, in stalling the spread formation, switching personnel and chang. ing defenses and came up with a combination that annihilated Maryland today. 34–⁠6. So Big Jim had his first ride Of the season, a trip across the field

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)

Maryland 74% to win. North Carolina pulled the upset.

North Carolina leads 37–⁠32–⁠1 in 70 meetings, counting the 48 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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