VMI at Richmond

Saturday, October 15, 1938

VMI beat Richmond 13–⁠6. It was their 15th meeting; after it, VMI led the series 9–⁠5–⁠1.

AwayVMI6–⁠1–⁠4 in 1938
13
HomeRichmond6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1938
6

FinalHigh 76°F, low 54°FAttendance 12,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: American IT, Falls Before Suurmore, NO. er Fay Start ". N. |. BL0CKERS | UPSET RICHMOND, Spider Soph Runs Punt 92 Yards to Touchdown, but Keydets Win, 13 to 6.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 16, 1938, page 30

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    American IT, Falls Before Suurmore, NO. er Fay Start “. N. |. BL0CKERS | UPSET RICHMOND, Spider Soph Runs Punt 92 Yards to Touchdown, but Keydets Win, 13 to 6. BY the ASSOClateQ frSSS. RICHMOND, Va, Oct. l5.-Superior blocking and that added smartness which comes with experience enabled Virginia Military Institute to topple q sophomore-sparked University OF Richmond team from the unbeaten ranks today, Is to s. before crowd Of $4,000. 1t was the outplayed Richmond Spiders who furnished the games most spectacular play. however, when Sophomore Arthur Jones gathered in Andy Trzeciak’s high punt. sprinted directly to the east sideline and as his interference moved a wide path through the Keydets, streaked 81 yards for a touchdown. Shu Leads v. M. I. 10 Win. Paul Shu, all-Southern Conference halfback, counted first for the Key diets early in the opening period when he sped from a well-executed double reverse for A yards to score. His at tempted placement fs lied. The triple-threat Shu figured in the other v. M. I. tally IN the second quarter when he passed II yards to Trzeciak, who circled behind the Richmond secondary to take the throw in the end zone. Shu’s place kick was good this time. With Shu, Kovar and Sophomore Son Shelby doing most Of the ball. toting, the red ed-and-white- jerseyed Key diets rolled up a net Of zl2 yards rush. ing and kept the Spiders continually

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. VMI won as Elo’s underdog.

Richmond leads 33–⁠32–⁠5 in 70 meetings, counting the 55 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Richmond 38, VMI 14
2015Richmond 42, VMI 10
2013Richmond 34, VMI 0
2011Richmond 34, VMI 19
2009Richmond 38, VMI 28
2008Richmond 56, VMI 16

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