North Carolina vs. Vanderbilt

North Carolina and Vanderbilt have 9 meetings on file, the first in 1914; North Carolina leads the series 5–⁠4 in the games on file. Over the last 9 meetings it’s North Carolina 5–⁠4, and North Carolina has won the last 4.

North Carolina wins
5
Vanderbilt wins
4
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1914
Longest streak
4 Vanderbilt
Current streak
4 North Carolina
Last 10 meetings
North Carolina 5–⁠4
Most recent
1982

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s1–⁠0
1930s0–⁠3
1960s2–⁠1
1970s1–⁠0
1980s1–⁠0
Average margin
12.3 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At North Carolina
2–⁠2 North Carolina’s record at home
At Vanderbilt
2–⁠3 Vanderbilt’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. North Carolina’s biggest win1982: North Carolina 34, Vanderbilt 10by 24 points
  2. Vanderbilt’s biggest win1932: Vanderbilt 39, North Carolina 7by 32 points
  3. Upset1968: North Carolina 8, Vanderbilt 7North Carolina had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsNorth CarolinaSeriesVanderbilt
1931–⁠1933Chuck Collins0–⁠3Dan McGugin
1967–⁠1970Bill Dooley3–⁠1Bill Pace

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from North Carolina’s side (Collins 0–⁠3 against McGugin). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of North Carolina and Vanderbilt, 1914 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 Evening star's story of the 1914 game: VANDERBILT IS BEATEN BY NORTH CAROLINA u. Tar Heels Play More Consistently and Win by Score of 10 to 8.

    1914 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 25, 1914

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1933 game: FOOTBALL. RESUITS&

    1933 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 9, 1933

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 18, 198211North Carolina 34, Vanderbilt 10at North Carolina
Oct 3, 197019North Carolina 10, Vanderbilt 7at Vanderbilt
Oct 4, 1969North Carolina 38, Vanderbilt 22at North Carolina
Oct 5, 1968North Carolina 8, Vanderbilt 7at Vanderbilt
Oct 7, 1967Vanderbilt 21, North Carolina 7at North Carolina
Oct 7, 1933Vanderbilt 20, North Carolina 13at Vanderbilt
Oct 1, 1932Vanderbilt 39, North Carolina 7at North Carolina
Oct 3, 1931Vanderbilt 13, North Carolina 0at Vanderbilt
Oct 24, 1914North Carolina 10, Vanderbilt 9at Vanderbilt

Every game is listed as played on the field.