Bitter Duke-UNC rivalry began in 1888

Posted Nov 6, 2009
Duke and UNC started playing each other in 1888, when Duke was known as Trinity College. They have put on some of the great shows in college football history, but the rivalry started slowly. Trinity won four of the first five, and one tale has it that Trinity simply had a superior knowledge of the rules and tactics of the relatively new game. Trinity's administration then outlawed football for 20 years (the Methodist Church having ruled it "a source of evil"). (Raleigh News & Observer)

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