Florida vs. North Carolina
Florida and North Carolina first met in 1921 and have played 10 times; North Carolina leads the series 7–2–1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s North Carolina 7–2, and North Carolina has won the last 2. Share
- Florida wins
- 2
- North Carolina wins
- 7
- Ties
- 1
- First meeting
- 1921
- Longest streak
- 3 North Carolina
- Current streak
- 2 North Carolina
- Last 10 meetings
- North Carolina 7–2
- Most recent
- 1976
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 1–1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 0–2 |
- Average margin
- 13.9 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Florida
- 2–4–1 Florida’s record at home
- At North Carolina
- 3–0 North Carolina’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Florida’s biggest win1969: Florida 52, North Carolina 2by 50 points
- North Carolina’s biggest win1947: North Carolina 35, Florida 7by 28 points
- Upset1968: North Carolina 22, Florida 7North Carolina had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1976: North Carolina 24, Florida 21North Carolina had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
From the newspapers
1921 · The Birmingham age-herald, Dec 4, 1921
1931 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 12, 1931
1933 · The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, Oct 23, 1933
1946 · Tabor City tribune, Tabor City, N.C., Nov 1, 1946
1947 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Oct 26, 1947
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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
| Sep 11, 1976 | North Carolina 24, 18Florida 21 | at Florida | ||
| Dec 9, 1972 | 16North Carolina 28, Florida 24 | at Florida | ||
| Oct 18, 1969 | 10Florida 52, North Carolina 2 | at Florida | ||
| Oct 19, 1968 | North Carolina 22, 7Florida 7 | at North Carolina | ||
| Oct 25, 1947 | North Carolina 35, Florida 7 | at Florida | ||
| Oct 26, 1946 | 10North Carolina 40, Florida 19 | at North Carolina | ||
| Oct 21, 1933 | Florida 9, North Carolina 0 | at Florida | ||
| Nov 4, 1932 | North Carolina 18, Florida 13 | at North Carolina | ||
| Oct 10, 1931 | Florida 0, North Carolina 0 | at Florida | ||
| Dec 3, 1921 | North Carolina 14, Florida 10 | at Florida |
Every game is listed as played on the field.