Duke at North Carolina

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 25, 1960, page 36

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  Tar Heels Bar Virginia S Bid To End Streak CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va, Nov. 25.-Virginia, which leads the Atlantic Coast Conference in rushing offense and total offense-but also in points yielded-will try to dodge its 9th consecutive defeat tomorrow afternoon in Scott Stadium. But the Cavaliers prospects are not bright, for the oppositon will be provided by the North Carolina Tar Heels, fresh from a 7–⁠6 shocker over Duke. Game time is 1870. This will be the 65th renewal Of what used to be one of the feature rivalries in the South. The Tar Heels have q 34–⁠27 lead in the series, with three ties. Strange Season North Carolina was the next to-last team to lose to Virginia. The Cavaliers won, 20-l3, in the final game of the 1857 season. Virginia beat Duke the second game of the next season, and since then has lost 26 in a row. The Cavaliers have the new rushing leader of the ACC in Fullback Fred Shepherd, who gained So yards against Mary land last week to pass Dukes Mark Leggett. However, Shop herd will run up against the best linebacker in the ACC IN North Cardinals Rip Hawkins. It has been a strange season for North Carolina. The Tar Heels have won the two games they wanted the most, over Notre Dame and Duke, but have lost the rest. Virginia is 0-S and still must play South Carolina at Columbia next week. Continues in ACC Meanwhile, President Edgar F. Shannon, Jr. of Virginia, yesterday quieted fears that the university might deem phasize sports by announcing that a careful search” will be made for an athletic director to succeed Gus K. Tebell when he retires next year. Tebell, who has been connected with Virginia athletics for 80 years, will reach the mandatory retirement age for heads Of departments at that time, but is expected to remain as a men, Der Of the physical education faculty. Shannon said fatty the school will continue to do its utmost to have good teams in all sports in which we compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference” Last week Shannon an nounced that Football Coach Dick Voris would be retained another year despite alumni pressure. The president noted that Voris, who came here from Army on a 3-year contract. has another year to 60 and that the school docs not break its contracts” -WHITTLESEY.

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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 66 since this game.