North Carolina vs. Yale

North Carolina and Yale have 7 meetings on file, the first in 1919; Yale leads the series 7–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Yale 7–⁠0, and Yale has won the last 7.

North Carolina wins
0
Yale wins
7
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1919
Longest streak
7 Yale
Current streak
7 Yale
Last 10 meetings
Yale 7–⁠0
Most recent
1944

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠1
1920s0–⁠5
1940s0–⁠1
Average margin
26.7 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Yale
7–⁠0 Yale’s record at home
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Yale’s biggest win1923: Yale 53, North Carolina 0by 53 points

Coach against coach

YearsNorth CarolinaSeriesYale
1921–⁠1924William Fetzer0–⁠4Tad Jones

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from North Carolina’s side (Fetzer 0–⁠4 against Jones). 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 Yale, 1919 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 Pine Bluff daily graphic's story of the 1919 game: Yale Beats North Carolina.

    1919 · Pine Bluff daily graphic, Pine Bluff, Ark., Oct 12, 1919

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1920 game: Heisn,ar,, Dobie and O'NeiU PrOUe Worth as Coaches Yale's Showing Against North Carolina Mystifes Elk. perts; Pitt Looms Up Strongly for Champions ship by Reason of Its Victory Over West VIRGINIA

    1920 · New-York tribune, New York, Oct 11, 1920

  • The The New York herald's story of the 1921 game: Yale Elepen Brilliant in Defeating North Carolina Aldrich and Jordan Are Streaks on Attack-Southern Team Unable to Gain First Down and Is Swamped by 81 to 0.

    1921 · The New York herald, Oct 9, 1921

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1922 game: Yale Beats North Carolina

    1922 · The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., Oct 8, 1922

  • The Daily Kennebec journal's story of the 1923 game: Yale Swamps North Carolina

    1923 · Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., Oct 8, 1923

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

Nov 18, 194420Yale 13, North Carolina 6at Yale
Oct 4, 1924Yale 27, North Carolina 0at Yale
Oct 6, 1923Yale 53, North Carolina 0at Yale
Oct 7, 1922Yale 18, North Carolina 0at Yale
Oct 8, 1921Yale 34, North Carolina 0at Yale
Oct 9, 1920Yale 21, North Carolina 0at Yale
Oct 11, 1919Yale 34, North Carolina 7at Yale

Every game is listed as played on the field.