Davidson at North Carolina

Saturday, November 11, 1916

North Carolina beat Davidson 10–⁠6. It was their 12th meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 8–⁠1–⁠3.

AwayDavidson5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1916
6
HomeNorth Carolina5–⁠4 in 1916
10

FinalHigh 70°F, low 49°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: North Carolina, 10; Davidson, 6.

    Evening star, November 12, 1916, page 50

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    North Carolina, 10; Davidson, 6. WINSTON-SALEM. n. c.. November u.-Although outplayed by Davidson, the University of North Carolina won the annual foot ball game today by 4 score of 10 to g. Folger. for Carolina. was the star of the game. while Black, for Davidson. also showed class All the scoring came in the fourth quarter. A field goal by Capt. Tandy. touch town by Folger after a 61-yard run through broken field and a goal kick ed by Tandy netted Carolina 10 points and the game. A forward pass to Flow ers by Lawson saved Davidson from a shut-out Lawson made an unsuccessfuI attempt to kick goal. The weather was rather warm for foot ball. but one of the largest crowds that ever attended a game here was present.

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 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

North Carolina leads 28–⁠5–⁠4 in 37 meetings, counting the 25 since this game.

Recent meetings
1942North Carolina 43, Davidson 14
1941North Carolina 20, Davidson 0
1940North Carolina 27, Davidson 7
1939North Carolina 32, Davidson 0
1938North Carolina 34, Davidson 0
1937North Carolina 26, Davidson 0

Around this game

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