Roanoke at Washington and Lee

Saturday, September 27, 1924

Washington and Lee beat Roanoke 34–⁠0. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Washington and Lee led the series 13–⁠0.

AwayRoanoke1–⁠2–⁠1 in 1924
0
HomeWashington and Lee6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1924
34

FinalHigh 67°F, low 56°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: WASHINGTON AND LEE ROUTS ROANOKE, $40

    Evening star, District of Columbia, September 28, 1924, page 61

    Read the text

    WASHINGTON AND LEE ROUTS ROANOKE, $40 LEXINGTON, Va, September IL Washington and Lee had little trouble in defeating Roanoke College here today. 80 to 0, in the opening ‘okt ball game of the season The powerful line plunging of Full lack Eddie Cameron, who scored four IF the Generals touchdowns, and the all around defensive work Of the local team featured Most of the game was played in Roanoke territory, the visitors Sc curing but one first down during the contest. The Generals mixed well executed forward passes with their plunging game.

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)

Washington and Lee 90% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Washington and Lee leads 14–⁠0 in 14 meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1933Washington and Lee 14, Roanoke 6
1924Washington and Lee 34, Roanoke 0
1921Washington and Lee 41, Roanoke 0
1920Washington and Lee 49, Roanoke 7
1919Washington and Lee 32, Roanoke 0
1917Washington and Lee 118, Roanoke 3

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