South's Oldest Rivalry under center to freshman Darian Durant. Probably the most famous spectator of this rivalry was present on Thanksgiving Day 1928. United States President Calvin Coolidge and First Lady Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge were among the 20,000 spectators watching the game at Charlottesville to see North Carolina win 24–20 over Virginia. Virginia's Tony Bennett holds an 8–7 edge against North Carolina's Roy Williams as of the end of the 2017-18 season. However, Carolina leads the overall series 131–55 as of the same date. At 122 games played, the "South's Oldest Rivalry" is tied for the second most played rivalry game nationwide
Lyle Goodhue Lyle Goodhue Lyle D. Goodhue (September 30, 1903 – September 18, 1981) was an internationally known inventor, research chemist and entomologist with 105 U. S. and 25 foreign patents. He invented the “aerosol bomb” (also known as the “bug bomb”), which was credited with saving the lives of many thousands of soldiers during World War II by dispensing malaria mosquito-killing liquid insecticides as a mist from small containers. The Bug Bomb became especially important to the war effort after the Philippines fell in 1942, when it was reported that malaria had played a major part in the defeat of American