Maryland and North Carolina have 70 meetings on file, the first in 1920; North Carolina leads the series 37–32–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Maryland 6–4. Share
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Maryland’s side (Byrd 2–3 against Fetzer). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Maryland North CarolinaTicks under the axis: each meeting, in the winner’s color
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
1922 · The Washington herald, District of Columbia, Oct 29, 1922
1928 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 7, 1928
1936 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 12, 1936
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.
Photos
Queen Elizabeth II with Maryland governor Theodore McKeldin (right) and University of Maryland president Wilson Homer “Bull” Elkins (left), at a Maryland Terrapins vs. the North Carolina Tar Heels football game in College Park, MarylandPhoto: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, no known restrictions on publicationThe 1957 game
From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited), and the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division (no known restrictions on publication).
