North Carolina at Notre Dame
Saturday, November 17, 1956 Share
Notre Dame beat North Carolina 21–14. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 8–0 as played.
FinalHigh 36°F, low 18°FAttendance 56,793
In the newspapers

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
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Notre Dame 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every North Carolina–Notre Dame gameOfficially, Notre Dame leads 22–1; as played, 22–2 in 24 meetings, counting the 16 since this game.
Around this game
North Carolina
- Next gamevs. DukeNov. 24, 1956
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1956
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records
Notre Dame
- Next gameat IowaNov. 24, 1956
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1956
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records

