VMI at Richmond
Saturday, October 15, 1938 Share
VMI beat Richmond 13–6. It was their 15th meeting; after it, VMI led the series 9–5–1.
FinalHigh 76°F, low 54°FAttendance 12,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 16, 1938, page 30
Read the text
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.
The series
Every VMI–Richmond gameRichmond leads 33–32–5 in 70 meetings, counting the 55 since this game.
| 2025 | Richmond 38, VMI 14 | |
| 2015 | Richmond 42, VMI 10 | |
| 2013 | Richmond 34, VMI 0 | |
| 2011 | Richmond 34, VMI 19 | |
| 2009 | Richmond 38, VMI 28 | |
| 2008 | Richmond 56, VMI 16 |
Around this game
VMI
- Next gameat William & MaryOct. 22, 1938
- SeasonVMI in 1938
- ProgramVMI history and records
Richmond
- Next gamevs. RoanokeOct. 22, 1938
- SeasonRichmond in 1938
- ProgramRichmond history and records

