VMI at North Carolina
Saturday, November 7, 1914 Share
North Carolina beat VMI 30–7. It was their sixth meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 5–1.
FinalHigh 74°F, low 48°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 8, 1914, page 63
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NORTH CAROLINA HAS SPEED. Defeats Virginia Military Institute BY 80 to Z. CHARLOTTE, N. c., November T. Making two touchdowns in one minute of play this afternoon, University of North Carolina defeated the Virginia Military Institute eleven by the score of 80 to Z. Carolina made four touch downs and field goal on the light ca det eleven. Capt. Taylor of Carolina dropped the pigskin and Balm recovered it and made twenty yards for “ NJ. is touch down. Winston of Carolina received the kickoff on the eighty-five-yard line and, aided by splendid interference, ran through almost the entire opposing team for his teams sec ond touchdown. TaylOe had made the first touchdown in the eight min utes of play; there was field goal added in the second period, and in the third Carolina made two more. Reid carrying the ball over. Lineup:
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)
North Carolina 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every VMI–North Carolina gameNorth Carolina leads 16–5–1 in 22 meetings, counting the 16 since this game.
| 1989 | North Carolina 49, VMI 7 | |
| 1985 | North Carolina 51, VMI 7 | |
| 1970 | North Carolina 62, VMI 13 | |
| 1969 | North Carolina 61, VMI 11 | |
| 1935 | North Carolina 56, VMI 0 | |
| 1927 | VMI 7, North Carolina 0 |
Around this game
VMI
- Next gamevs. ClemsonNov. 14, 1914
- SeasonVMI in 1914
- ProgramVMI history and records
North Carolina
- Next gamevs. Wake ForestNov. 14, 1914
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1914
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records

