North Carolina at Georgetown

Saturday, October 16, 1915

Georgetown beat North Carolina 38–⁠0. It was their 11th meeting; Georgetown leads the series 7–⁠3–⁠1.

AwayNorth Carolina4–⁠3–⁠1 in 1915
0
HomeGeorgetown7–⁠2 in 1915
38

FinalHigh 68°F, low 60°F, 0.01 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current's story: TARHEELS BADLY LICKED GEORGETOWN PILES SCORE AGAINST NORTH CAROLINA htlitoppcr> tinvc Eas! Timc-t:iiro3 Makes Sensational Runs-Tny- IGc ftctircs EARLY.

    Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, October 17, 1915, page 24

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    TARHEELS BADLY LICKED GEORGETOWN PILES SCORE AGAINST NORTH CAROLINA htlitoppcr> tinvc Eas! Timc-t:iiro3 Makes Sensational Runs-Tny- IGc ftctircs EARLY. WASHlNGTON. Dctober l6.--Georsctown University defeated North carolima here to-day. 80 10 o. in II game featured by Giiroy’s sensational often sivc play. Twice the Georgetown left halfback worined his way through the entire Carolina eleven for touchdowns. and he made frequent gains Of from fifteen To thirty yards, scoring four of the SIX touchdowns. The day was damp ana ufearN, and the field wet, with the result that players had difficulty in handling the bail The forward pass frequently was essaycd, but only three times did II go through twice for Teore clown and once for the visitors. ITS only first down OF the game Captain DAY. Tayloc. OF North Carolima, retired carly in the game with bruised shoulder Dave was ban ished for rough play, and his team penaliZed hall the distance 10 the goal georgetown lost ninety yards OH pen altics for holding and off-side play N {. Position, Georgetown. Wright. ...... lief, end Cusack Ramsey. left tackle. ..... Ward Iandy. ......:. center Fitzgerald Tayloe. right guard 4. Barron T. Jones right tackle .Iiromiev u Long. quarterback Nc Namura ID. Tayloe left halfbac 80. .Gilroy ,Captain) Townsend. right haifback. Wall Reid 49,. ..... fullhack ..... .Leighty score by quarters: Total North Carolina 49,. . q o u o Georgetown ....... II ~ SIS Summary: OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 90, Barron and Corcoran. Goals from touchdowns-F Fitzgerald (2). Referee Moore. George Washine,on. Umpire. Gates. Yale. Field Judge, Dugan GonzaGa Head linesmaI, Mcclure Harvard. Time of periods. u minutes Substitutes: corgetown--Maloncy for Mcnamara. Crow for Fitzgerald supple for Gilroy. iIanlon for Wall Green for Nahum, Showalter for Ward. McCarty for Barron. Tracey for Cusack. Mcclure for Corcoran. Smith for Maloncy, Grooming for Mcclure Brett for Lcighty North Carolina Lave for Wright, Black for p. Tayloe. Metz for Lave, Hines for Townsend Blunt for Reid

  • The The Washington herald's story: Captain Barron Says Teamwork of the 1illtoppers Paved the way for Victory Leader Of Georgetown Football Eleven Is Surprised at Over whelmng Score-North Carolina Handed Setback When Tayloe Was Injured

    The Washington herald, District of Columbia, October 17, 1915, page 15

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    Captain Barron Says Teamwork of the 1illtoppers Paved the way for Victory Leader Of Georgetown Football Eleven Is Surprised at Over whelmng Score-North Carolina Handed Setback When Tayloe Was Injured thing that Georgetown hishI declared

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 56% to win. Georgetown won as Elo’s underdog.

Georgetown leads 7–⁠3–⁠1 in 11 meetings.

Recent meetings
1915Georgetown 38, North Carolina 0
1912Georgetown 37, North Carolina 10
1910Georgetown 12, North Carolina 0
1909North Carolina 5, Georgetown 0
1908North Carolina 6, Georgetown 6
1907North Carolina 12, Georgetown 5

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