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 could regain my composure, I drove home like a mad man and called Bill Sullivan and John Fales, and with great enthusiasm gave them the results of the first test.” Lyle Goodhue was born on a farm in Malaka Township, Jasper County, Iowa on September 30, 1903 to Thomas Warwick and Katherine Jane (Engle) Goodhue. Because of his poor eyesight, he was not allowed to enter first grade in Malaka's one-room school house until he was nine years old. The family story is that his father, a farmer, eventually decided that it would be better for him to go to