LSU vs. North Carolina
LSU and North Carolina have 7 meetings on file, the first in 1948; LSU leads the series 6–1 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s LSU 6–1, and LSU has won the last 6. Share
- LSU wins
- 6
- North Carolina wins
- 1
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1948
- Longest streak
- 6 LSU
- Current streak
- 6 LSU
- Last 10 meetings
- LSU 6–1
- Most recent
- 2010
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 1–0 |
- Both ranked
- 1 meeting: LSU 1, North Carolina 0
- Average margin
- 17.6 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At LSU
- 3–0 LSU’s record at home
- At North Carolina
- 1–2 North Carolina’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–0 LSU first
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- LSU’s biggest win1961: LSU 30, North Carolina 0by 30 points
- North Carolina’s biggest win1948: North Carolina 34, LSU 7by 27 points
- Upset1949: LSU 13, North Carolina 7LSU had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown2010: LSU 30, North Carolina 24No. 21 LSU at No. 18 North Carolina
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.
Stars of the series
Biggest days
| T.J. Yates North Carolina | 28 of 46, 412 yards, 3 TD | 2010 Passing | |
| Jheranie Boyd North Carolina | 6 catches, 221 yards, 1 TD | 2010 Receiving |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers
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.
On television
ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2010.
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).
Every game
| Sep 4, 2010 | 21LSU 30, 18North Carolina 24 | Georgia Dome | ||
| Oct 25, 1986 | 12LSU 30, North Carolina 3 | at LSU | ||
| Sep 14, 1985 | 12LSU 23, North Carolina 13 | at North Carolina | ||
| Oct 10, 1964 | LSU 20, North Carolina 3 | at LSU | ||
| Nov 11, 1961 | LSU 30, North Carolina 0 | at North Carolina | ||
| Oct 22, 1949 | LSU 13, 6North Carolina 7 | at LSU | ||
| Oct 23, 1948 | 3North Carolina 34, LSU 7 | at North Carolina |
Every game is listed as played on the field.