Wake Forest at Richmond
Saturday, November 13, 1920 Share
Richmond beat Wake Forest 20–7. It was their third meeting; after it, Richmond led the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 41°F, low 24°F
In the newspapers
Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, November 14, 1920
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SPIDERS TAKE CONTEST FROM CAROLINA ELEVEN Of Richmond Defeats ! Wake Forest College, 20 TO q, With Stars Missing. I,EGLER PRINCIPAL FACTOR Half Back Scores Threc Touch : downs, and His Playing is Real Feature – Rabenhorst’s Wor X Stands Above Average Tarbccl. - 10 lnc ilSL OF S’4NSA’‘ ‘‘‘ q whose names arc carved III footballs q 6dat of William y. I!eSlcT. OF mar & tSburs Pa. nov play!nSi H nnJSr me = Tho lad IS a hero this norninE, fo. 4 X Vas iekier-suutrmins SLIPPERY BIZ “a who three times pierced the line OF ~ The wake Forest stalwartS for touch ~ downs yesterday afternoon at Boulc- = lard Field, paving the wa% for q North TS’9 S,a, over ene iH Franz boz . sons Red and Bluc forces from West. = Hampton won the game by a score OF x 20 TO I, and IL was only the tndom!t- :. Ihte spirit and nover-say die light j that prevented the Richmondcrs from = twice more crossing the enemy’s 3 seqghdowns seemed inevitab,e nc E oval with the ball within the shadow ,,a ThSSUsh ably assisted BY other all sL power AND ham9i stood sssiai fashion: Win w6adertaI dash ssetra,ed tho saS eD GaFse’ line ‘ W2tS no became an almost irris;.bIc OBJ Get, and the visitors from the Tar h bi,n state o were p2MfTl1SSs to s,@E he boy covered himself with glory. on several occasions the Wal” iI9r; Icsperately TO stop tho rushcs o: the spider forward, but in the las; Gun irr he MANAGED TO worm has Way through the enemy line for ;wo touch downs Game Not one-Sided. on6sdsd aa Mas and iaT p lrfm i 5S”f fas, “a cried i looked as II the Wake. For !. :. e. Erid’r9nis,s had an, even, chance 9sosing period that Coach blossoms yE Sr, stored tered ne game safely away Wde yictory TO tho home boys. and lie sounded. Fumbles ut .iA, crucial wria ‘eEiods of the game proved costly Sssshe v iS1S and but for slipper! alffg, up, one more touchdown during he battle: The Wake Forest boys ss wh @e n iSR: Ea’ e ea sw9 s eS -i1H Dali with scant halfyard OF 10 goal o line ,99n!y, 70 Be- Ieia for point on tho third down. but tho Yt.ef time i was but tho second. 10Th 6a times Inc. the defense, s,imened ana 1000 ike stoaswall against tho &g’ans: i was 4 wonderful defense ne Caro!!nians put up. Neither side scored in The initial Tue rt”r though both cicvens threat - - e.i*‘S ihe coveted limo. In 9rtcd !. march Gown ncld tina. ended f.tl a tcnchd”wa. while the second i’af T. was va. s,tii In is in:ancy.. From +uNhmced the ham to Wake Forests .W’air’ Two yard limo. win X!crle. ihr Carolina rhaianx. Jones Clipped – i run here and thcre but Il was ia lad from Pennsylvania who led Win the ball on the twenty-five. ,etiod with seven yards. and Jones yard line Jones took the ball trough RICH, tackle for four yards. me late: then TOOK the oval within The Carolina line held. Z!cglcr then sanh ;Shro”gh Guard for The nrst fdus kicked goal. Tarheeis Score Touchdown wake Forest. with Harry Via Tahenh org; s;5suIning the role OF lightning ais, bssterinG ram. cvcned the coun, ri and the aforementioned RabenlIst, receiving the bali on the ten y ysFd “a. line. brought il back TO the y ‘and-Fultcn made Two arsi downs IN r .”n,, succession G ana then the latter >, ,seni%aIId advance. Then Kabenhors,. : is..nichmond coiieSes e!shfc ‘,iS var; ne. Fulton contributed two Yards feceiv!ng lie bal! on the s see VA ne: this young fellow, Ra5cnhorst. with the Richmond CollcE!ans cIutrh ns az ham In vain. wormci his way Trough ,;he, opposing line and ac-os. ne eha!ked line for 4 touchdown. 5teeKmaa kicked goal and The count During the remainder Q: the hal, The ball see. sawed from ono side TO indheld when the whistle sounded Richmond punted 10 Wake Forest johnson being downea on n he twenty w i’ve yard line. Eahynhors. !u-nblrd IN the c nrSt play ATTEMPTED and Hich. ! ,;n Eoiiese rec9ycred \ series OF SGead took the opposing eleven for time completely on Us feet ana d.1’ not end until the Spiders haG AIKEN tho bal! within q few inches = ythe goal line I; halted here, how S6as on which the defense Of III. Visitors s:‘neacd and tho limo became linpregnabin Richmond College was forced 10 surrender the ball with oniy few inches separating them from anoiher tonchdown, Visitors AEnin Threaten Spiders. In the latte! part OF this quarter The + Carolinians started another rRnlIlire attaci; on Richmond. ana once more the spotish; :cli or Harry demonstrated 20 the entire sat!sfac. ,ion Of those attendant upon tho ..r. B GbIied. lie battered hls way ihronrh pie Spider line for gain acter gain . -3Dd once or twice sk!rted the Win. kN6Sftions for appreciAb.e gains Hi his efforts 20 push his even ah,,, & proved futile The march ended vii; Il a tumble behind the line, and 500, aftcr = this the quarter was broirhi 20 close with Richmond IN possas. 81 sion OF the bali II was in the next Few minutes ,ha, Zeigier plouehed through the Oh posing line almost at VII VIZ Zones assisting him. the ball was poSi advanced 10 Wake Forests twcu. = yard line. From this portion Z.is gier broke through the oppcs!n.. nh, and stiff armed his way mast The VS.. ting backs, crossing the goal vitl ~ i.ichmonds second touchdown Broad tlus kicked goal again, bringing lin score UP to u To {. Richmond then kicked 20 Wax n Forest and Hickman was doTncd o, the twenty-yard line. After a cot, p!e Of limo D!uTGes. had failed 4 ~ not gaina. Rao.nhorst puatrd 10 s# will receiving the bali on tho ATTY s& yard line and bringing i back .Ivro ~ yards. Snead fumb.d on tho mrs play. but recovered tho ball nv 8S Yards back. Jones made ten ward IS and Ziegler fivs more. Snead the So broke through for fifteen yards. TAI 81 ing tho ball to the fifteen-yard lin, ~ Two consecutive plunges and Ziecir y VI advancfd the ball to the eight Va r line and Snead contributed seven NOR >-dYpt1fxpV(Bh5zXYfea.Ft JoneR t.zr rfnH az :.
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)
Richmond 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Wake Forest–Richmond gameTied 7–7–1 in 15 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.
| 1987 | Wake Forest 24, Richmond 0 | |
| 1984 | Wake Forest 29, Richmond 16 | |
| 1983 | Wake Forest 31, Richmond 6 | |
| 1981 | Wake Forest 34, Richmond 22 | |
| 1973 | Richmond 41, Wake Forest 0 | |
| 1954 | Richmond 13, Wake Forest 0 |
Around this game
Wake Forest
- Next gamevs. NC StateNov. 25, 1920
- SeasonWake Forest in 1920
- ProgramWake Forest history and records
Richmond
- Next gamevs. CatholicOct. 1, 1921
- SeasonRichmond in 1920
- ProgramRichmond history and records

