North Carolina at Virginia

Wednesday, November 25, 1903

North Carolina beat Virginia 16–⁠0. It was their 12th meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 1–⁠0–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayNorth Carolina6–⁠3 in 1903
16
HomeVirginia7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1903
0

FinalHigh 41°F, low 30°FAttendance 7,000

In the newspapers

  • The The times dispatch's story: Seven Thousand Witnessed the E Fierce Struggle in the # #.fs Bitter Cold. FINE GAME. PLAYED NJ BY NORTH CAROLINA Virginia Team Not in Good Trim and Many Of its Players Forced a to Drop Out From Time to-, Time-The Story Of the Interesting Contest 4si Given in Detail. $S8'

    The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., November 27, 1903, page 1

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    Seven Thousand Witnessed the E Fierce Struggle in the # #.fs Bitter Cold. FINE GAME. PLAYED NJ BY NORTH CAROLINA Virginia Team Not in Good Trim and Many Of its Players Forced a to Drop Out From Time to-, Time-The Story Of the Interesting Contest 4si Given in Detail. $S8’ The splendid. sinewy. gritty foot.han team OF the University Of North Carolina yesterday wreaked abundant revenge tor’s ‘ss many defeats by the University Of vir-iai gina eleven the boys from down home” defeating the Charlottesville team more S decisivey than they have ever done efore. .,I3s I Tho score was is to 0 In favor OF the n Carollnians, and created unbounded Scn-s n thuslasm among the adherents OF tbs Chapel Hill university, who were present by tho thousand to witness the game and .4i cheer their men on to a victory tleys we’ll deserved BY their all-round superior play. RI “a 3i * 81 VI :| Seven thousand people saw the huratlt-t alton Of Virginia BY her ancient athleticsS5 adversary. and fell into a perfect fref ~. of enthusiasm and delight as the game en-~l and the vlctors were borne from tha field on tho shoulders Of their adn,irers. The vanqunished strobe stalwartly, and silently out Of the gates. sore In spirit as.Si vol as In muscles and Joints. silent, and “A In no mood for pleasantrles. It was sas bitter dreught for Virginia, but Carolina s3s II has for years drunk ofathet same uulala-s5 table potion. and 4 like her. tho Vtrgt gtnianss Y took their medicine wlthou esss;ssr ssSr Volcanic Eruption. ssf: ~ A volcanic eruption Of bluo and white banners. ribbons and chrysanth thennmss and pandemonlum OF mingled, incoherent cheers yells. shrleks and lndescrtha-@ BILE cries followed the first score OF Care lima. This scerls and this babal followed M every gain BY the Carolinians and Were a. repeated with even greater force and 5s3fi fervor whom the other two scores weres3 made. a whrlwind OF applause Created Jacocks when he landed “a field goal oniasS N drop kick. but this quickly subsidized when. the score was disalloWed OH atechn.ral a point Of the rules. Tho decision 8 was 8 clearly right. however vi III i3Jg The scenes aud incidents OF the game were insignificant compared with the do monstratlon and celebration by the vic-sBE tors and their admirers after the game JOY was Wild unrestratned dellrlous a nd y long continued 1t was tho sweetest trt-ssS umph Carolina has ever enjoyed In foot-sE ball, and the boys who have year. after y or Norfolk. only to return with hol#s crushed, but pluck undimtnished and IA y. ..wait-until-ncxt-year air.” made the most OF their victory, In fact. the penplA $nf BG5 Richmond are generally pleased with tho result. They regard It as In the intorestt Of good sport, and think the plucky Caro-. llnians deserved to win after suchsa Stub born. perseverlng struggle Of years. al @5E The scenes In the hotel Hobbies. espe. fkx1,oH a oY1nd and the college men generally made thcirg58 hea adquarters and on Broad Street, aud q a night In the Bijou Theatre, beggar descriptlon Carolina Owned the Town. The Carolina boys owned the town. ana vera left in undisturbed possession Of II 4 within the reasona BILE bounds Of law. II J was sight to see the Joy. OF the men who wore the blue and white Tho delt-<# rum lasted far into, and IN some cases throughout, the night, aud only ended / when tired nature asserted Itself and the, celebrants lay down to dream Of heaven of blue and white. studded with foot-bau /, stars and large scores. It was pre-en,l.e nently Carolina’s day, and a memorable one 1t was Seldom 3 have snuthbound a trains hauled SO many 4serenely hanny passengers as those which bore the Caro- Z linz contingent homeward. A more magnificent and enthusiastic crowd Was never assembled within tina gates OF Broad Street Park, md neyoE were the colors OF the old rivals 80 evenly divided In popularity and d’sNlay as yes- 81 .te”dry. The grand sfnnd and tho l’ncnvcred stand were swny’ns billows or he’s decked humanity, In which fair women. the nower of tho two States, were llh”r- a ally md brilliantly represented Many no.able mon were present ~ sn”c’afnrs. but notarles were ohscured for the nr Ms. II No one had glances for aught save : hs 8 field on which tho glndlators We’re strusg’ins In such stubborn battle TIE eun hid sunk low In tho west, hui had not ranched the horizon lire WREN the crowd filed ont and the rush for cars hagon. The great game was over, and not until another year will such scenes be witnessed again. Story of Defeat. The story Of Vlrginns defeat may bs briefly told In the ono word tumble, II was to their Inability to hold tho ball that the first touchdown was d. rerty duo. ‘rr.s ball was not carried over tho Virginia line; II rolled over il 4 after Watkins had several times sa!nlY tried to hold the .alusye oval, and as luck fate fortune--what you wlil-Zwonld have It. Carolina player, p9nnely hY Il name fell on the spharoid and scors had been mads--almost hAfors ANYBODY could rsaliz,s 1t, During the rest es us half Carolina was on the ass!sss!Vs practica!ly all the time, hut finally Sls-

  • The Alexandria gazette's story: VIRGINIA NEWS.

    Alexandria gazette, Alexandria, D.C., November 27, 1903, page 2

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    VIRGINIA NEWS. At Richmond yesterday the North Carolina University football team defeated the team of the University OF Vir- GINA by score of 16 to 0. Mrs. w. Jones died at her home, near Warrenton yesterday aged So years. she leaves one child (Mrs. William Wilkinson, of that town. The remains were taken to her former home, Aiken, Ga, yesterday for interment. At Luray yesterday Philip Alger was convicted of the murder of his brother wife and was sentenced to is years in peniteutiary. Alger, lwho is only “a years old, killed his sister-in-law on September 26 on Tanners Ridge, near Marksyille. The brother, his wife and IPhilip were on their way home when the shooting oc- Cured. The shooting was without prov ocation, and Alger testified that he did not remember anything at all of the affair because he was intoxicated at the time. His victim, who waslonly 10 years old, died almost instantly. The murderer is an illiterate mountaineer. His wife and child sat with him during the trial.

  • The Rock Island Argus's story: FOOTBALL SCORES Thanksgiving Games.

    Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., November 27, 1903, page 7 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES Thanksgiving Games. Michigan, rs; Chicago, 0. Carlisle, %; Northwestern, o. Minnesota, II; Wisconsin, o. Pennsylvania. -; Cornell, o.. Nebraska, IS; Illinois. 0. Indiana, II; Ohio State, .16. Dartmouth. 81; Brown, o. Knox, %; Beloit, 0. Ames, IS; Drake, o. other College Games. Washburn. 30; Highland Park, 0. Nankton, IS; Huron. o. Holy Cross, b; Tufts. 0. North Carolina, 16; Virginia, 0. Seventh cavalry, IS; Grant universe ~, ). South Dakota, %; Morningside, 0. Admission college, IS: Alabama State normal. o. Penn State college, %; Washington and jefferson, 0. Watertown, a. c., 22: Bucknell, 0. Colorado. Al: Missouri State School Of Mines, 0. Georgia, %; Alabama Polytechnic, 10. Cumberland, II: Clemson. H. South Carolina. 16; Georgia School of Technology, 0. Tulane, Is; Richmond university, 8. Des Moines college. II; oskaloosa, Luther college, Is; Monarchs of Mil waukee, o. Texas, 20; A.-and NJ. college, 6.

  • The Evening journal's story

    Evening journal, Delaware, November 27, 1903, page 3 (results column)

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    IWUIWWUW 10 II UNIl – DIWH|II1 . Piekarski. Goals-Bennett, Z. Referee E. ~ Wrightington. Harvard. Umprev. II. Edwards, Princeton. Linesman-R. p Herman, Harvard. Time Of halves-85 minutes each. Results of other football games were as follows: Indians, 2s; Northwestern, 0. Dartmouth, So; Brown, 0. Dickinson, 12; Lafayette 0. University of North Carolina, 16; University of Virginia. 0. Franklin and Marshall, 20; Gettysburg. 6. Michigan. 2S: Chicago. 0. Lehlgh, 70; Georgetown, s.

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

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Our ratings (scores only)

Virginia 64% to win. North Carolina won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, North Carolina leads 66–⁠60–⁠4; as played, 65–⁠51–⁠4 in the 120 games on file; the official count covers all 130 meetings, counting the 118 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Virginia 17, North Carolina 16
2024North Carolina 41, Virginia 14
2023Virginia 31, North Carolina 27
2022North Carolina 31, Virginia 28
2021North Carolina 59, Virginia 39
2020Virginia 44, North Carolina 41

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