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North Carolina at Maryland

Saturday, October 19, 1957

Maryland beat No. 14 North Carolina 21–⁠7. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 13–⁠9–⁠1.

Away14North Carolina6–⁠4 in 1957
7
HomeMaryland5–⁠5 in 1957
21

Finallow 50°FAttendance 43,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Mont Carried To RoyoI Box InCeIebrution

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 20, 1957, page 1

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    Mont Carried To RoyoI Box InCeIebrution Queen Elizabeth’s carefully planned schedule at Maryland was slightly disrupted yesterday as Maryland’s football players, delirious after they rallied for a 21–⁠7 victory over North Carolina, tossed protocol to the winds by presenting heir happy coach to Queen Elizabeth II. Thomas Allison Mont. jr., who most certainly won 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.

On the newsreel

  • MARYLAND v. NORTH CAROLINAThe non-athletic highlight of the game–the presence of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip in the stands, the first football game ever seen by the British monarch is a thriller all the way as the Terps thrash the…Universal Newsreel, October 21, 1957. Catalog record at the National Archives

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Photos from the game

  • Queen Elizabeth II with Maryland governor Theodore McKeldin (right) and University of Maryland president Wilson Homer "Bull" Elkins (left), at a Maryland Terrapins vs. the North Carolina Tar Heels football game in College Park, Maryland
    Queen Elizabeth II with Maryland governor Theodore McKeldin (right) and University of Maryland president Wilson Homer “Bull” Elkins (left), at a Maryland Terrapins vs. the North Carolina Tar Heels football game in College Park, MarylandPhoto: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, no known restrictions on publication

From the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

North Carolina 51% to win. Maryland pulled the upset.

The series

Every North Carolina–Maryland game

North Carolina leads 37–⁠32–⁠1 in 70 meetings, counting the 47 since this game.

Recent meetings
2012North Carolina 45, Maryland 38
2008Maryland 17, North Carolina 15
2007North Carolina 16, Maryland 13
2005Maryland 33, North Carolina 30
2003Maryland 59, North Carolina 21
2002Maryland 59, North Carolina 7

Around this game

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Ranked games that day

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