Fordham vs. North Carolina

Fordham and North Carolina have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1937; Fordham leads the series 3–⁠0–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Fordham 3–⁠0.

Fordham wins
3
North Carolina wins
0
Ties
2
Earliest on file
1937
Longest streak
2 Fordham
Current streak
0 tie
Last 10 meetings
Fordham 3–⁠0
Most recent
1942

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s1–⁠0–⁠1
1940s2–⁠0–⁠1
Both ranked
1 meeting: Fordham 1, North Carolina 0
Average margin
8.2 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Fordham
1–⁠0 Fordham’s record at home
At North Carolina
0–⁠2–⁠2 North Carolina’s record at home
Shutouts
2

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Fordham’s biggest win1940: Fordham 14, North Carolina 0by 14 points
  2. Upset1937: Fordham 14, North Carolina 0Fordham had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  3. Ranked showdown1937: Fordham 14, North Carolina 0No. 10 Fordham at No. 15 North Carolina

Coach against coach

YearsFordhamSeriesNorth Carolina
1937–⁠1941Jimmy Crowley3–⁠0–⁠1Raymond Wolf

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Fordham’s side (Crowley 3–⁠0–⁠1 against Wolf). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Fordham and North Carolina, 1937 on130015001700194019501960197019801990200020102020

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

  • The The Waterbury Democrat's story of the 1937 game: ALABAMA AGAIN SEEMS HEADED. FOR ROSE BOWL Kentucky Crushed 4l-O; as East, Midwest Teams Succufnb

    1937 · The Waterbury Democrat, Nov 1, 1937

  • The Evening star's story of the 1940 game: Faces Minnesota in Standout TILT Stanford rd-Woshington, Texas Aggies-S. M. U. Froys Garry Weight

    1940 · Evening star, Nov 4, 1940

  • The Evening star's story of the 1941 game

    1941 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 13, 1941

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

Oct 10, 1942North Carolina 0, Fordham 0at North Carolina
Oct 11, 1941Fordham 27, North Carolina 14at North Carolina
Nov 2, 1940Fordham 14, North Carolina 0at Fordham
Nov 12, 1938North Carolina 0, 13Fordham 0at North Carolina
Oct 30, 193710Fordham 14, 15North Carolina 0at North Carolina

Every game is listed as played on the field.