Washington and Lee vs. Virginia Tech

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 28, 1940, page 1 (results column)

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  touchdown that enabled Arkansas to dump Ole Miss from the all.winning squad, 21–⁠20. Texas first defeat, 1910 by Rice, was another sumner. The Long horns heralded Jack Grain was hobbled to 4 yards while Rice Soph- omore T. A. Weems sprinted Al yards to start the first scoring drive and scored the second touchdown after he had run back the second-half kickoff 56 yards. The Southwest got another shock as Tulsa held the upper hand throughout to nip Texas Christian, 10. Boiled down ~sectionally, the rest of the days developments took in: East Princeton suddenly discov. cred a running attack, good for 2s3 yards and a 2s-18 victory over Rutgers, thus knocking the Scarlet out of the unbeaten, united and unsecured on list in one blow. Colgate, with Indian Bill Geyer racing to three scores, ended little Mississippi Col. lege’s winning streak, $40. Carne. gle Tech, playing in the class it in tends t ostay in from nov on, beat Case, 40. Catholic us Pete Sachon pitched three passes that were good for 120 yards, two touchdowns and a 1870 score over West Virginia Yves. leyan. Mid-west-Two touchdowns in the last three minutes, the second right on the final gun, gave Wisconsin a 14–⁠13 edge over Purdue, which made the mistake of electing to lose the ball on downs rather than to kick in the final minute. Kansas State toppde Kansas, 200, as Ken Duwe piled up 40 yards. Oklahoma’s Johnny Martin scored twice to help beat Iowa State, POI. Texas Tech won a 2O-13 intersectional victory Marquette. Santa Clara’s Broncos completed six passes for 81 yards but missed a field goal in the last half-minute to finish in a scoreless tie with Michigan State. South-Auburn converted fumbles | into touchdowns and tackled on a S9-yard field goal by Dick McGowen trip Georgia Tech, 1917. A blocked punt from which AL Rodney ran As yards enabled Tulane to shade North Carolina, 1913. Unbeaten Mississippi State gave the Southeast conference another over the Southern by down ng N. c. State, 26–⁠10. Duke, held to -hree points in the first half, swamped Wake Forest, $50. Louisiina State, holding Vanderbilt to ;hree yards on is passes, topped the Commodores, 20. Furman staged the days best comeback, from 81 at the half to LOT at the finish against Davidson. fumbles helped Richmond % a 81 score over Virginia Mill AIRY, while Virginia Tech bounced back from four straight defeats to throw Washington and Lee, 21–⁠0. Harvey Johnson was the standout Is William and Mary beat Virginia or the first time, 1876. Far West-Bob Dethman’s PASSES | we’re the deciding factor as Oregon State beat U. C. L. A., 10. The statue Of Liberty play helped Wash ngton come from behind to overtake stubbord California, rs. States Bill Sewell was standout in a 6.6 deadlock with

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Tied 20–⁠20–⁠5 in 45 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.