Duke at North Carolina

Saturday, November 24, 1956

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.

AwayDuke5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1956
21
HomeNorth Carolina2–⁠7–⁠1 in 1956
6

FinalHigh 45°F, low 24°FAttendance 36,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Duke Stays in Bowl Race By Beating orHeeIs, ZIG

    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.

Officially, 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.

Recent meetings
2026North Carolina 24, Duke 20
2025Duke 32, North Carolina 25
2024Duke 21, North Carolina 20
2023North Carolina 47, Duke 45
2022North Carolina 38, Duke 35
2021North Carolina 38, Duke 7

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