North Carolina at Virginia

Tuesday, November 26, 1912

Virginia beat North Carolina 66–⁠0. It was their 19th meeting; after it, Virginia led the series 6–⁠2–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayNorth Carolina3–⁠4–⁠1 in 1912
0
HomeVirginia6–⁠3 in 1912
66

FinalHigh 50°F, low 31°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: VIRGINIA SWAMPS NORTH CAROLINA

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 29, 1912, page 9

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    VIRGINIA SWAMPS NORTH CAROLINA Richmond, Va, November 2s.-A crush ing defeat was administered to the uni- yersty of North Carolina football team today by the University of Virginia eleven. The final score was s6 to 0. Five Of the ten touchdowns scored by Virginia were made by Mayer, a first year man, playing right half. Sensational runs were made by Captain Todd of Virginia, who scored one touchdown. Today’s score was the largest ever made in a game between the two universities.

  • The The Sentinel=record's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    The Sentinel=record, November 29, 1912, page 4 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS. King college, 0; Roanoke. 0, Washington and Lee. 16; A. & M. 6. Davidson 13; Wake Forest, 7. Chattanooga university, IS; United States cavalry, Q. Clemson. o: Georgia Tech, 20 University of Georgia. 12; Auburn |6, Alabama, z Tennessee, 0. Ohio State. 20; Michigan, 35. Notre Dame, 69; Marquette, 0. Bucknell, ‘; Washington and Jeffer son, 22. Pennsylvania State. s7; Pittsburg Lehigh, 29; Franklin and Marshall Lafayette. 1s: Dickinson. 13. Detroit University. 27; Loyolo col lege, 6. Mercer, z: University of Florida, O. University of South Carolina, 26; Citadel. ?. Texas A. & NJ. 27: Baylor, U.. 0. Texas university, AS; Arkansas, c Louisiana. 21 Tulane, 3. University of Virginia, 66; Univer- sity of North Carolina, 0. Georgia Tech 20; Clemson, Q. Carlisle. 32; Brown, 0. Notre Dame. 69; Marquette. c. Pennsylvania, [; Cornell, 2. University of Georgia, 12; Auburn, 6. Colorado, 14; Oklahoma, 2. Vanderbilt, 16 Sewanee, 0. Virginia, 66; North Carolina, Q. Alabama. 2: Tennessee, 0. Florida, 0: Merce4, 0.

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)

Virginia 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

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 111 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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