Virginia at Vanderbilt
Saturday, November 20, 1920 Share
Virginia and Vanderbilt tied 7–7. It was their seventh meeting; after it, the series stood even at 3–3–1.
FinalHigh 72°F, low 48°F
In the newspapers
Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, November 26, 1920
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= VIRGINIA BREAKS TARI4EElS SPELL WINNING II TO Q AERIAL WORK CARRIES VANDERBILT TO VICTORY Enables Tennessee Eleven to Turn Tide OF Seeming Defeat by CcwapcC NASHVILLE. TENN. Nov. 25.- Aerial work, coupled with = bewiidering on-side kick. enabled tho Wander bilt football eleven to turn n seeming defeat into z 2l-:oJ victory svcr the Sewancc eleven here this after noon before one of the largest crowds ! that ever gathrcd on Dudley Field Sompletely ouipiaycd during the first half, the Commodores resorled to the passing in the third and Fourth pc RODS. scoring three toucndowns and Kicking every goal. III the first to the thirty-yard line and made :. | spectacular field goal from Il difficult , angle. Both teams displayed better work on the oifcnse than on the de- After Sewance had kicked off. Vandy returned the ball in line bucks ,il end runs To Scwanee’s forty-yard ter Scwanec had made four first downs. the Commodore defense | strengthened and they held on their own twenty -three-yRrd lire and Sk,dgoal Following m exchange OF punts in inc second quarter. Sewancc got the ball on Nandy’s thirty-yard line and. employing end runs and line plunEes, advanced the ball to Vandys four Sard i! Gcfon where again the Comm1 ‘N’ ‘A’athSS ana the ball went over. y few moments later. Sewancc again marched toward Nandy.s goal line. but the half ended with the ball in Sewanee’s possession on nandy’s eleven-yard line. After exchanging punts for over ten minutes. Vandy got possession OF The ball on Sewanee’s thirty-fiyc-yard line. and Neil, with Vandy’s fleet half back on-side, kicked the bail TO the Tigers Courtyard line. whore berry hiil picked 1t up and raced across the goal limo for Nandy’s first touch down. Latham kicked goal There was no further scoring during ;hia uncorkcd several forward passes that put the ball on Scwancc’s thirty-four yard line GodchauN rushed in To re- Ncrc Floyd. stood on Nandy’s thirtyyard line and threw Il perfect pass into the waiting hands of Ilcndrick VINO stood several feet beyond Sc, wanee’s goal line =. Win less than minute to play. Sewanee cssayed n forward pass from her own thirty-yard line, and Raw burn. who had just been sent into the game, Intercepted the bali and ran thirty-nve yards for the third touchdown. FLOYD. playing his last year as Commodore, kicked goal and the game ended.
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)
Vanderbilt 66% to win.
The series
Every Virginia–Vanderbilt gameVanderbilt leads 12–5–1 in 18 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.
| 1975 | Vanderbilt 17, Virginia 14 | |
| 1973 | Vanderbilt 39, Virginia 22 | |
| 1972 | Vanderbilt 10, Virginia 7 | |
| 1971 | Virginia 27, Vanderbilt 23 | |
| 1959 | Vanderbilt 33, Virginia 0 | |
| 1958 | Vanderbilt 39, Virginia 6 |
Around this game
Virginia
- Next gamevs. North CarolinaNov. 25, 1920
- SeasonVirginia in 1920
- ProgramVirginia history and records
Vanderbilt
- Next gamevs. SewaneeNov. 27, 1920
- SeasonVanderbilt in 1920
- ProgramVanderbilt history and records

