North Carolina vs. Richmond
North Carolina and Richmond have 12 meetings on file, the first in 1906; North Carolina leads the series 10–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s North Carolina 8–2. Share
- North Carolina wins
- 10
- Richmond wins
- 2
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1906
- Longest streak
- 5 North Carolina
- Current streak
- 1 North Carolina
- Last 10 meetings
- North Carolina 8–2
- Most recent
- 2025
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 4–0 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 3–1 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 1–0 |
- Average margin
- 18.6 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At North Carolina
- 8–0 North Carolina’s record at home
- At Richmond
- 2–2 Richmond’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 6
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- North Carolina’s biggest win1914: North Carolina 41, Richmond 0by 41 points
- Richmond’s biggest win1978: Richmond 27, North Carolina 18by 9 points
- Upset1940: Richmond 14, North Carolina 13Richmond had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1978: Richmond 27, North Carolina 18Richmond had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
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

1940 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 10, 1940
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
| Sep 13, 2025 | North Carolina 41, Richmond 6 | at North Carolina | ||
| Nov 4, 1978 | Richmond 27, North Carolina 18 | at Richmond | ||
| Sep 17, 1977 | North Carolina 31, Richmond 0 | at North Carolina | ||
| Sep 9, 1972 | North Carolina 28, Richmond 18 | at North Carolina | ||
| Sep 11, 1971 | North Carolina 28, Richmond 0 | at Richmond | ||
| Nov 8, 1941 | North Carolina 27, Richmond 0 | at Richmond | ||
| Nov 9, 1940 | Richmond 14, North Carolina 13 | at Richmond | ||
| Sep 29, 1914 | North Carolina 41, Richmond 0 | at North Carolina | ||
| Oct 31, 1909 | North Carolina 22, Richmond 0 | at North Carolina | ||
| Oct 31, 1908 | North Carolina 17, Richmond 12 | at North Carolina | ||
| Nov 16, 1907 | North Carolina 13, Richmond 11 | at North Carolina | ||
| Oct 12, 1906 | North Carolina 12, Richmond 0 | at North Carolina |
Every game is listed as played on the field.