King at Virginia Tech

Saturday, September 30, 1922

Virginia Tech beat King 25–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, Virginia Tech led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayKing0–⁠1 in 1922
0
HomeVirginia Tech8–⁠1–⁠1 in 1922
25

FinalHigh 79°F, low 37°F

In the newspapers

  • The Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current's story: VIRGINIA TECH DEFEATS KING COLLEGE ELEVEN Tcnncsscans' Back Field Proves Tartar to Cubbagc's Team, Scoring Once.

    Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, October 1, 1922, page 50

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    VIRGINIA TECH DEFEATS KING COLLEGE ELEVEN Tcnncsscans’ Back Field Proves Tartar to Cubbagc’s Team, Scoring Once. BLACKSTONE. VA. Sept. 3O.-Vir- -i”ia Polytechnic institute defeated King College here today, 81 10 8 The visitors proved To lac a tartar ana tho locals were kept on the jump from the initial whistle The Ten “rsscc back field composed OF Orr. osborne sharp and Finncfrock were veterans a. the game and the Cob hI”rS were in serious ‘straights on I’VE occasions. but stellar defensive work KEEP; the visitors score to one lon” touchdown This came in the opening moments OF the second period. With the ball on the forty yard mark. the King College backs hammered tn” Tech guards and cen ter numerically and gradually worked the bali to the six yard line, when ShHr. rdumed the center of the Gohhlcr line for a touChdown The Techs showed a more brilliant Of ionsivc style OF play today. The l!nc-up.

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 91% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Virginia Tech leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1931Virginia Tech 33, King 0
1928Virginia Tech 54, King 0
1922Virginia Tech 25, King 0
1914Virginia Tech 35, King 0

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