North Carolina at Virginia
Thursday, November 27, 1913 Share
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.
FinalHigh 65°F, low 44°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 10,000
In the newspapers

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:

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 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.
The series
Every North Carolina–Virginia gameOfficially, 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.
Around this game
North Carolina
- Next gamevs. RichmondSept. 29, 1914
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1913
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records
Virginia
- Next gamevs. Randolph MaconSept. 26, 1914
- SeasonVirginia in 1913
- ProgramVirginia history and records

