Duke at North Carolina
Saturday, November 24, 1956 Share
Duke beat North Carolina 21–6. It was their 42nd meeting; after it, Duke led the series 18–15–3 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 45°F, low 24°FAttendance 36,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 25, 1956, page 74
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Duke Stays in Bowl Race By Beating orHeeIs, ZIG CHAPEL HILL. N. c., Nov. “a R.-Duke struck for two sec ond period touchdowns and added fourth-quarter clincher behind the clever quarterbscking OF Sonny Jurgensen TO defeat North Carolina, 21–6. today and remain in the running for the Orange Bowl bid from the At lsntic Coast Conference. A shivering crowd Of 80 600 saw Duke draw first blood in the
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)
Duke 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Duke–North Carolina gameOfficially, North Carolina leads 64–42–4; as played, 64–38–4 in the 106 games on file; the official count covers all 112 meetings, counting the 70 since this game.
| 2026 | North Carolina 24, Duke 20 | |
| 2025 | Duke 32, North Carolina 25 | |
| 2024 | Duke 21, North Carolina 20 | |
| 2023 | North Carolina 47, Duke 45 | |
| 2022 | North Carolina 38, Duke 35 | |
| 2021 | North Carolina 38, Duke 7 |
Around this game
Duke
- Next gameat South CarolinaSept. 21, 1957
- SeasonDuke in 1956
- ProgramDuke history and records
North Carolina
- Next gamevs. NC StateSept. 21, 1957
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1956
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records

