North Carolina at Virginia

Thursday, November 27, 1913

Virginia beat North Carolina 26–⁠7. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Virginia led the series 7–⁠2–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayNorth Carolina5–⁠4 in 1913
7
HomeVirginia7–⁠1 in 1913
26

FinalHigh 65°F, low 44°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington herald's story: VIRGINIA WINS HARD FOUGHT GRID CONTEST University Of North Carolina Beaten in Richmond BY the Score of rs to Z.

    The Washington herald, November 28, 1913, page 7

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    VIRGINIA WINS HARD FOUGHT GRID CONTEST University Of North Carolina Beaten in Richmond BY the Score of rs to Z. Richmond. Va, Nov. T.-University Of Virginia, 26; University Of North Carolima, Z. was the final score in the annual Thanksgiving gridiron contest held here this afternoon. The game was hard fought. both lines holding well and the interception of forward passes being fire. quent Virginia’s eleven was ten pounds to the man heavier than Carolina’s, but the latter were feet of foot and kept the oval in Virginia’s territory almost the greater part of the game. Gooch, the quarter back for Virginia, vas the star of the afternoon, while Err win, Tayloe, Fuller and Huske featured in the line, gaining and scoring for Carolima. Line up and summary:

  • The Honolulu star-bulletin's story: CORNELL BLANKS QUAKER eleven

    Honolulu star-bulletin, Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii], November 28, 1913, page 1 (results column)

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    CORNELL BLANKS QUAKER eleven !. PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. Is Cornell’s victory over the University of Pennsylvania in their annual grid iron battle is one of the sensations of the season, the Ithacans playing the hest and most consistent football they have shown this season and winning by the unexpectedly large score of 81 to 0. ennsylvania’s fast hacks were unable to get past the defense built up by DIR. Sharpe. The result of the other Thanksgiving day games were: At Cincinnati-Miami, 10; Cineinnatl University, Z. At Cleveland-Western Reserve. II; Case, 6. &. At Pittsburgh-University of Pitts burgh, 7; Pennsylvania State, 6. At Easton, Pennsylvania – Lafay. cite, T. Dickinson, 0. At Washington, D. C. - George town, 16; Holy Cross, 7. At Washington, Pennsylvania Washington and Jefferson, 50; Buck nell, 0. Milwaukee – st. Thomas, 3; Mar Guette, o. At ST. Louis – Syracuse, “A; ST. Louis, q. At Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Gcttysburg, 7; Franklin and Marshall. 40. At Richmond, Virginia – Virginia, 26; North Carolina, 7. At Rochester, New YOrk-Rochester, “a; Dennison, 0. At Chattanooga – University of Chattanooga, 50; Georgetown, Ken lucky, y. At Lexington, acknowledgements State University, 6; University Of Tennessee. 10. At Kansas City-HaskelI Indians, SO; Christian Brothers, ~.

  • The The Washington times's story: Yesterdays Football Results

    The Washington times, District of Columbia, November 28, 1913, page 13 (results column)

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    Yesterdays Football Results , Virginia, 26; North Carolina, 7. / A. & NJ, 6; Washington & Lee..O. V. MI, 6; v. P. l., 6. Georgia Tech, “a; Clemson. 0. Vanderbilt, 63; Suwanee, 13, Notre Dame, 20; Texas, 7. Davidson, s; Wake Forest, 0. Mississippi A. & NJ, Z; Alabama, 0. lTransylvania, 6; kentucky, 0. Johns Hopkins, IA; st. Johns, 8. Florida, “a; Mercer, 0. Chattanooga, So; Georgetown Ky) Arkansas, IA; Tulane, 0. South Carolina, AZ; Citadel, 13 Presbyterian, II; Charleston. Z. Stetson. 25; Bingham, 6. Texas Aggies, Z; L. S. T., Z. Tennessee, 13; Kentucky. 6. Roanoke, 10: King College. I.

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 78% 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 110 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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