Maryland at VMI

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 17, 1940, page 1

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  VMI DOWNS TERPS BY COUNT OF 200 Calls On Joe Muha For ScOring Punch And Sophomore Responds LYNCHBURG, Va, Nov. 16.-P Virginia Military Institute called on Joe Muha for the scoring punch today for the second successive Sat urday and the powerful 205-pound sophomore back responded by scoring all three touchdowns to beat Maryland 20 to 0 before a disappointing crowd of 1,5OO. After a sluggish start with a lineup, the Cadets sent Muha into the game to start the second quarter. He turned the tide of a Maryland advance by intercept ing Mearle Duvall’s pass, intended for John Cordyack, on the v. M. 1. IS, brushing aside several Maryland defenders, and cutting down the sidelines on a 65-yard touchdown His attempted placekick was wide to the left.

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.

Maryland leads 14–⁠8–⁠2 in 24 meetings, counting the seven since this game.