North Carolina vs. Pennsylvania

North Carolina and Pennsylvania have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1905; Pennsylvania leads the series 4–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Pennsylvania 4–⁠2.

North Carolina wins
2
Pennsylvania wins
4
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1905
Longest streak
3 Pennsylvania
Current streak
1 Pennsylvania
Last 10 meetings
Pennsylvania 4–⁠2
Most recent
1945

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠3
1930s1–⁠0
1940s1–⁠1
Both ranked
1 meeting: North Carolina 1, Pennsylvania 0
Average margin
23.5 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Pennsylvania
4–⁠2 Pennsylvania’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. North Carolina’s biggest win1939: North Carolina 30, Pennsylvania 6by 24 points
  2. Pennsylvania’s biggest win1945: Pennsylvania 49, North Carolina 0by 49 points
  3. Ranked showdown1939: North Carolina 30, Pennsylvania 6No. 13 North Carolina at No. 16 Pennsylvania

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of North Carolina and Pennsylvania, 1905 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 Minneapolis journal's story of the 1906 game: QUARTERBACK. KICK HELPED /: l PENNSYLVANIA : .! - r. @:n:.. : =, u. sf-rT& ~ North Carolina Defeated ITO in !. =. Game on Slippery 80. E.. r. - ~ Field. ~.

    1906 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Oct 7, 1906

  • The The Montgomery advertiser's story of the 1907 game: PENNSYLV WANNA WINS NORTH CAROLINA FAILS TO MAKE A SCORE. Condition of the Weather Prevented Any Football Worthy of the NRme-CuFItsIe Fndians Also Win.

    1907 · The Montgomery advertiser, Alabama, Sep 29, 1907

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1939 game: FOUR MI5TAkE5 ARE TURNED TO 3T0UCHD0WNS North Carolina M ateh es Pennsylvania, Then Goes 10 Win

    1939 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 30, 1939

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1943 game: DUKE, TAR HEELS STRONG IN SOUTH Second Meeting Important In Determining South ern Supremacy

    1943 · The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., Nov 15, 1943

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1945 game: Blue Devils Down Fighting Deacs; UNC Trampled By P ennsylvanlans 0lJAKERS SHUT0UT TAR HEEL ELEVEN BY 49-0 DEFEAT Penn Racks Up Third Straight Whitewash OF Current Season

    1945 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Oct 14, 1945

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 13, 194511Pennsylvania 49, North Carolina 0at Pennsylvania
Nov 13, 1943North Carolina 9, 10Pennsylvania 6at Pennsylvania
Oct 28, 193913North Carolina 30, 16Pennsylvania 6at Pennsylvania
Sep 28, 1907Pennsylvania 37, North Carolina 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 6, 1906Pennsylvania 11, North Carolina 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 14, 1905Pennsylvania 17, North Carolina 0at Pennsylvania

Every game is listed as played on the field.