North Carolina vs. Tennessee

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

1. North Carolina’s biggest win1935: North Carolina 38, Tennessee 13by 25 points
2. Tennessee’s biggest win1955: Tennessee 48, North Carolina 7by 41 points
3. Upset1949: Tennessee 35, North Carolina 6Tennessee had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1935: North Carolina 38, Tennessee 13North Carolina had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Ranked showdown1946: Tennessee 20, North Carolina 14No. 9 North Carolina at No. 10 Tennessee

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from North Carolina’s side (Collins 0–⁠5 against Neyland). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1909 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 10, 1909

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  1919 · Harrisburg telegraph, Harrisburg, Pa., Nov 3, 1919

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  1930 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 26, 1930

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  1932 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Oct 10, 1932

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  1945 · Detroit evening times, Michigan, Nov 4, 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 is listed as played on the field.

• North Carolina vs. Virginia120 meetings, North Carolina 65–⁠51–⁠4
• North Carolina vs. Wake Forest107 meetings, North Carolina 71–⁠34–⁠2
• North Carolina vs. Duke106 meetings, North Carolina 64–⁠38–⁠4
• North Carolina vs. NC State106 meetings, North Carolina 60–⁠41–⁠5
• Tennessee vs. Kentucky118 meetings, Tennessee 84–⁠25–⁠9
• Tennessee vs. Vanderbilt116 meetings, Tennessee 81–⁠31–⁠4
• Tennessee vs. Alabama108 meetings, Tennessee 40–⁠61–⁠7
• Tennessee vs. Ole Miss66 meetings, Tennessee 44–⁠21–⁠1