North Carolina vs. Notre Dame football ticket

Description:

Ticket for a college football game between the University of North Carolina (UNC) Tarheels and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, held at UNC's Kenan Memorial Stadium on October 8, 1960. In what was their Homecoming Game, UNC won the matchup 12-7. It was UNC's first victory against Notre Dame after ten consecutive losses, starting in 1949.

Kenan Memorial Stadium was built in 1927. In 2018 the University of North Carolina removed Memorial from the building's name as the man it was named after, William R. Kenan, was a white supremacist who murdered African Americans during the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898.

Date Made: 1960

Associated Name: University of North Carolina

Location: Currently not on view

Associated Place: United States: North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Web Subject: SportsName Of Sport: FootballLevel Of Sport: collegiate

Subject:

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Credit Line: Dr. Ronald L. Gabriel (through Thomas J. Cholis)

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2009.3098.10.15Nonaccession Number: 2009.3098Catalog Number: 2009.3098.10.15

Object Name: ticket, football

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 2 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 5.715 cm x 10.795 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-3b64-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1466692

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