Richmond at Roanoke
Saturday, October 9, 1937 Share
Richmond beat Roanoke 21–12. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Richmond led the series 6–2–1.
Final
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, October 10, 1937, page 33
Read the text
RICHMOND AHEAD, 21–12 Too Strong for Spirited Roanoke Foot Ball Team. ROANOKE, Va. October 9 (P).- University OF Richmond defeated a hard-1ghting Roanoke team 2l-12 before 5000 shivering spectators here today. Superior weight and power gave the Spiders q score in every quarter, touchdowns in the first three periods and . safety in the last.
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 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Richmond–Roanoke gameRichmond leads 6–3–1 in 10 meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1938 | Roanoke 13, Richmond 6 | |
| 1937 | Richmond 21, Roanoke 12 | |
| 1936 | Roanoke 0, Richmond 0 | |
| 1935 | Richmond 12, Roanoke 7 | |
| 1934 | Richmond 27, Roanoke 0 | |
| 1933 | Richmond 19, Roanoke 0 |
Around this game
Richmond
- Next gamevs. VMIOct. 16, 1937
- SeasonRichmond in 1937
- ProgramRichmond history and records
Roanoke
- Next gameat GeorgetownOct. 8, 1938
- SeasonRoanoke in 1937
- ProgramRoanoke history and records