North Carolina at Tennessee
Saturday, October 9, 1909 Share
North Carolina beat Tennessee 3–0. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–1.
FinalHigh 83°F, low 38°FAttendance 2,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 10, 1909, page 1
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North Carolina Beats Tennessee. KNOXVILLE. Tenn. October 9.-Tennessee and North Carolina struggled back and forth through neariy all their game today without either side scoring. Three minutes before time was called in the second half Beldin kicked goal from placement, giving North Carolina the game. Tennessee was outweighed nearly TWEEN ty pounds to the man by the visitors, but they lost their game through failure to hold the ball and successfully pull of for ward passes. which they attempted time and again.
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)
Tennessee 62% to win. North Carolina won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every North Carolina–Tennessee gameTennessee leads 20–8–1 in 29 meetings, counting the 27 since this game.
| 2010 | North Carolina 30, Tennessee 27 | Music City Bowl |
| 1961 | North Carolina 22, Tennessee 21 | |
| 1960 | Tennessee 27, North Carolina 14 | |
| 1959 | Tennessee 29, North Carolina 7 | |
| 1958 | North Carolina 21, Tennessee 7 | |
| 1957 | Tennessee 35, North Carolina 0 |
Around this game
North Carolina
- Next gameat VMIOct. 16, 1909
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1909
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records
Tennessee
- Next gameat KentuckyOct. 16, 1909
- SeasonTennessee in 1909
- ProgramTennessee history and records

