Object Details
Associated Name
University of North Carolina
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.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Dr. Ronald L. Gabriel (through Thomas J. Cholis)
date made
1960
ID Number
2009.3098.10.15
nonaccession number
2009.3098
catalog 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
Associated Place
United States: North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
Data Source
National Museum of American History
web subject
Sports
name of sport
Football
level of sport
collegiate
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1466692