Georgetown vs. North Carolina

Georgetown and North Carolina have 11 meetings on file, the first in 1902; Georgetown leads the series 7–⁠3–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Georgetown 6–⁠3, and Georgetown has won the last 3.

Georgetown wins
7
North Carolina wins
3
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1902
Longest streak
3 Georgetown
Current streak
3 Georgetown
Last 10 meetings
Georgetown 6–⁠3
Most recent
1915

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s4–⁠3–⁠1
1910s3–⁠0
Average margin
16.8 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Georgetown
7–⁠2–⁠1 Georgetown’s record at home
At North Carolina
1–⁠0 North Carolina’s record at home
Shutouts
7

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Georgetown’s biggest win1915: Georgetown 38, North Carolina 0by 38 points
  2. North Carolina’s biggest win1905: North Carolina 36, Georgetown 0by 36 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Georgetown 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 Evening star's story of the 1902 game: VICTORY FOR GEORGETOWN North Carolina Defeated by the Score of IL to &

    1902 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 17, 1902

  • The The news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current's story of the 1904 game: TAR HEELS Sixteen to Naught is the Record of the Game.

    1904 · The news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, North Carolina, Nov 8, 1904

  • The Evening star's story of the 1906 game: K1CKED GOAL FROM FIEID. Georgetown Defeated North Carolina UNIVERSITY.

    1906 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 4, 1906

  • The Evening star's story of the 1908 game: ALL THE BIG EASTERN TEAMS TAKE EASY PRACTICE. SIGNAL DRILLS FOR YALE HARVARD AND PRINCETON.

    1908 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 27, 1908

  • The Evening star's story of the 1909 game: GEORGETOWN ROUTED BY NORTH CAROLINA Fifty-Yard Run by Bobby Winston Gains Victory for TarheeIS.

    1909 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 24, 1909

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 16, 1915Georgetown 38, North Carolina 0at Georgetown
Nov 2, 1912Georgetown 37, North Carolina 10at Georgetown
Oct 29, 1910Georgetown 12, North Carolina 0at Georgetown
Oct 23, 1909North Carolina 5, Georgetown 0at Georgetown
Oct 26, 1908Georgetown 6, North Carolina 6at Georgetown
Nov 9, 1907North Carolina 12, Georgetown 5at Georgetown
Nov 3, 1906Georgetown 4, North Carolina 0at Georgetown
Nov 4, 1905North Carolina 36, Georgetown 0at North Carolina
Nov 5, 1904Georgetown 16, North Carolina 0at Georgetown
Oct 17, 1903Georgetown 33, North Carolina 0at Georgetown
Nov 15, 1902Georgetown 12, North Carolina 5at Georgetown

Every game is listed as played on the field.