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. Share
- 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
- 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
- North Carolina’s biggest win1939: North Carolina 30, Pennsylvania 6by 24 points
- Pennsylvania’s biggest win1945: Pennsylvania 49, North Carolina 0by 49 points
- Ranked showdown1939: North Carolina 30, Pennsylvania 6No. 13 North Carolina at No. 16 Pennsylvania
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.
From the newspapers

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

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

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

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

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, 1945 | 11Pennsylvania 49, North Carolina 0 | at Pennsylvania | ||
| Nov 13, 1943 | North Carolina 9, 10Pennsylvania 6 | at Pennsylvania | ||
| Oct 28, 1939 | 13North Carolina 30, 16Pennsylvania 6 | at Pennsylvania | ||
| Sep 28, 1907 | Pennsylvania 37, North Carolina 0 | at Pennsylvania | ||
| Oct 6, 1906 | Pennsylvania 11, North Carolina 0 | at Pennsylvania | ||
| Oct 14, 1905 | Pennsylvania 17, North Carolina 0 | at Pennsylvania |
Every game is listed as played on the field.