Maryland at North Carolina
Saturday, October 20, 1956 Share
North Carolina beat Maryland 34–6. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 13–8–1.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 51°F, 0.16 in. of rainAttendance 21,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Maryland–North Carolina gameNorth Carolina leads 37–32–1 in 70 meetings, counting the 48 since this game.
Around this game
Maryland
- Next gameat TennesseeOct. 27, 1956
- SeasonMaryland in 1956
- ProgramMaryland history and records
North Carolina
- Next gamevs. Wake ForestOct. 27, 1956
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1956
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records

