Furman vs. North Carolina

Furman and North Carolina have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1902; North Carolina leads the series 5–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s North Carolina 5–⁠1.

Furman wins
1
North Carolina wins
5
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1902
Longest streak
4 North Carolina
Current streak
1 North Carolina
Last 10 meetings
North Carolina 5–⁠1
Most recent
2006

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠1
1910s0–⁠1
1980s0–⁠1
1990s1–⁠1
2000s0–⁠1
Average margin
22.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At North Carolina
5–⁠1 North Carolina’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Furman’s biggest win1999: Furman 28, North Carolina 3by 25 points
  2. North Carolina’s biggest win1916: North Carolina 46, Furman 0by 46 points
  3. Upset1999: Furman 28, North Carolina 3Furman had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Furman and North Carolina, 1902 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 farmer and mechanic's story of the 1902 game: A. & M. VS. rURMAN TOMORROW Warm Game Expected. They Played at G%reenyille and Neither Scored.

    1902 · The farmer and mechanic, Raleigh, N.C., Oct 14, 1902

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 16, 2006North Carolina 45, Furman 42at North Carolina
Oct 30, 1999Furman 28, North Carolina 3at North Carolina
Sep 12, 1992North Carolina 28, Furman 0at North Carolina
Sep 6, 198014North Carolina 35, Furman 13at North Carolina
Nov 18, 1916North Carolina 46, Furman 0at North Carolina
Oct 11, 1902North Carolina 10, Furman 0at North Carolina

Every game is listed as played on the field.