North Carolina at Tennessee

Saturday, October 9, 1909

North Carolina beat Tennessee 3–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwayNorth Carolina5–⁠2 in 1909
3
HomeTennessee1–⁠6–⁠2 in 1909
0

FinalHigh 83°F, low 38°FAttendance 2,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: North Carolina Beats Tennessee.

    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.

Tennessee leads 20–⁠8–⁠1 in 29 meetings, counting the 27 since this game.

Recent meetings
2010North Carolina 30, Tennessee 27Music City Bowl
1961North Carolina 22, Tennessee 21
1960Tennessee 27, North Carolina 14
1959Tennessee 29, North Carolina 7
1958North Carolina 21, Tennessee 7
1957Tennessee 35, North Carolina 0

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