North Carolina at Notre Dame

Saturday, November 17, 1956

Notre Dame beat North Carolina 21–⁠14. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 8–⁠0 as played.

AwayNorth Carolina2–⁠7–⁠1 in 1956
14
HomeNotre Dame2–⁠8 in 1956
21

FinalHigh 36°F, low 18°FAttendance 56,793

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Hornung Stars as Irish Defeat Tar Heels, 21-14

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 18, 1956, page 1

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    Hornung Stars as Irish Defeat Tar Heels, 21–⁠14 SOUTH BEND, Ind, Nov. II Rl.-Paul Hornung scored his third touchdown with rs seconds left Of the game for a 21–⁠14 Notre Dame triumph over North Carolina which snapped a record five-game Irish losing streak today. Hornung, a brilliant All-Amerlea candidate, also kicked all three extra points in Notre Danes second triumph in eight starts which Irish partisans celebrated by tearing down their own goalposts. This home Irish football finale produced a fine individual duel between Hornung and Ed Sutton, OF North Carolina, who ran Notre Dame ragged between the goal lines. 13-Yard Pass Play However, Sutton’s only direct contribution to Tar Heel scoring was his l3-yard pass to Larry McMullen for a second quarter touchdown which trimmed Notre Danes lead to lat. Before that, Hornung had followed up two Irish long gamers his 58-yard pass to Jim Morse and Aubrey Lewis 78-yard

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

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Our ratings (scores only)

Notre Dame 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Notre Dame leads 22–⁠1; as played, 22–⁠2 in 24 meetings, counting the 16 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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