Virginia Tech at Washington and Lee

Saturday, October 22, 1938

Washington and Lee beat Virginia Tech 6–⁠0. It was their 33rd meeting; after it, Washington and Lee led the series 15–⁠14–⁠4.

AwayVirginia Tech3–⁠5–⁠2 in 1938
0
HomeWashington and Lee4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1938
6

FinalHigh 66°F, low 31°FAttendance 9,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BALL @ ll{5SW& IFS Ma

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 24, 1938, page 5 (results column)

    Read the text

    FOOT BALL @ ll{5SW& IFS Ma The following are final scores of principal football games played in various parts of the nation last Saturday afternoon: Washington State 6; Oregon State T. Idaho 0; U.CL.A. 33. use. 13; Stanford 2. Arkansas 6; Santa Clara 21. Oklahoma A. & M T; Tulsa U. 20. Washington ‘; California IA Carnegie Tech 0; Notre Dame ‘. Syracuse 12; Michigan State 19. Tufts G. Williams 6, tie. Wayne of Michigan 2; Ohio 52. w. Va. Wesleyan O; Catholic U. 21. Kentucky ‘; Xavier 26. Virginia Tech 0; Washington and Lee 6. Penn State 6; Cornell 21. Texas Christian 21; Marquette 0. Colgate IA; Iowa 0. Virginia Military Institute IA; William Mary 0. Georgetown IA; Manhattan 13. Auburn 6; Georgia Tech ‘. Mercer o; Tulane 51. Kansas T; Iowa State 21. Miami 6; Drake Is. Wisconsin ‘; Purdue 13. Kansas State 13; Indiana 6. Duke 2; Wake Forest 0. Dartmouth 13; Harvard T. So. Methodist T. Pittsburgh 34. Princeton 13; Navy 13, tie. Georgia G. Holy Cross %. Columbia 13; Pennsylvania IA. Chicago T; Ohio State 42. Boston U. o; Army 40. New York U 6; Lafayette T. n Yale 13; Michigan IS. Temple 26; Boston College 26, tie Mississippi State 12; Duquesne 2 Arizona IA; Loyola 12. Willamette 41; College of Idaho o Fordham 26; Oregon 0. Alabama 32; Sewanee o. Centre 26, Presbyterian College z Tennessee 4; Citadel o. Texas A. and M. 6; Baylor 6, tie West Virginia 20; Creighton 13. Oklahoma IA; Nebraska 0. Montana 0; North Dakota T. Missouri 13; Washington of St. Louis o. : Texas 6; Rice 13.

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 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tied 20–⁠20–⁠5 in 45 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.

Recent meetings
1953Virginia Tech 32, Washington and Lee 12
1952Washington and Lee 34, Virginia Tech 27
1951Washington and Lee 60, Virginia Tech 0
1950Washington and Lee 25, Virginia Tech 7
1949Virginia Tech 6, Washington and Lee 6
1948Washington and Lee 14, Virginia Tech 7

Around this game