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Roanoke at Virginia Tech

Saturday, November 24, 1917

Virginia Tech beat Roanoke 70–⁠0. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Virginia Tech led the series 9–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayRoanoke0–⁠4 in 1917
0
HomeVirginia Tech6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1917
70

FinalHigh 32°F, low 19°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: VIRGINIA TECH CLEANS UP. Takes Roanoke College Into Camp BY Score Of 20 to 0.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 25, 1917, page 50

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    VIRGINIA TECH CLEANS UP. Takes Roanoke College Into Camp BY Score Of 20 to 0. BLACKSBURG. Va. November “a Scoring at will today, Virginia Tech defeated the Roanoke College 70 to O.. Overhead attacks featured. there touch downs being scored as a result of this style Of play. Left Halfback Book made record here by kicking ten goals from touchdowns.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Virginia Tech 92% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Roanoke–Virginia Tech game

Virginia Tech leads 21–⁠0–⁠2 in 23 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.

Recent meetings
1937Virginia Tech 27, Roanoke 7
1936Virginia Tech 16, Roanoke 7
1935Virginia Tech 7, Roanoke 0
1934Virginia Tech 21, Roanoke 0
1933Virginia Tech 7, Roanoke 0
1932Virginia Tech 32, Roanoke 7

Around this game

Roanoke

Virginia Tech