Lafayette at Virginia
Saturday, September 27, 1941 Share
Virginia beat Lafayette 25–0. It was their third meeting; after it, Virginia led the series 2–0–1.
FinalHigh 81°F, low 58°FAttendance 9,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, September 27, 1941, page 1
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Lafayette Defeated By Virginia, Is TO O.; Bill Dudley Is Star Cavalier Captain Runs Back Punt 80 Yurds For Touchdown CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Sept. 27.-The University of Virginia tall lied three times in the second period and once more in the third to whip Lafayette unbeaten in 1910, by % to 0, before 5000 spectators today. Bill Dudley, Cavalier captain. accounted for two touchdownS, one spectacular 89-yard runback of a Lafayette punt. After a scorelesS first quarter Dudley look Zirinsky’s punt on Virginia S II and ran SO yards behind a squad of blockers to score. Schlesinger failed to place-kick the extra point. Score, Virginia, 6; Lafayette, O. Billy Suhling, Virginia center, set up the second touchdown by intercepting a pass on Lafayette’s 35, Bryant going over from the six-yard stripe. Schlesinger’s placement was good. Score. Virginia. 13; Lafayette, 0. Nick Schlegel ran an intercepted pass from the Lafayette 46 to the T. Sophomore Herb Munhall scored from the 3. Schlesinger failed to kick goal Score at end of period, Virginia, 49, Lafayette, O. A 15-yard holding penalty against Lafayette and a short Lafayette kick gave Virginia the ball on the visitors 43. The Cavaliers kept the ball in Lafayette tereritory but couldn’t score until near the end of the quarter. Bill Dudley whipped a pass 16 yards to Preston, then ran 33 yards down the sidelines himself to Lafayette’s 7. Bryant rammed to the 2 and Dudley went over for a touchdown. Schlesingers placement was blocked. Score-Virginia, 25; Lafayette, O.

The Daily Alaska empire, September 29, 1941, page 5 (results column)
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FOOT BALL @ lA{3SW{2 IFS Mn The following are final scores or important football games played last Saturday afternoon: Dartmouth 35; Norwich 0. Brown 20; Wesleyan 6. Colgate 66; St. Lawrence O. Westminster 19; Carnegie Tech 13. West Virginia 13; Waynesburg ‘. Michigan State T; Wisconsin 19. Ohio State 12; Missouri 2. Virginia 25; LaFayette 0. Kentucky 37; Virginia Poly Tech 11. Notre Dame 38; Arizona ‘. Detroit IA; Indiana T. Duke 43; Wake Forest 14. Navy 34; William and Mary 0. Vanderbilt 3; Purdue 0. Georgia 81; Mercer 0. South Carolina l3; North Caro- lima 2. Georgetown 16; Mississippi 6. Temple 3l; Kansas g. Sewanee 20; Washington and Lee 19. Syracuse 39; Clarkson 0. New Mexxico 12; Arizona State 6. Iowa State T; Denver 6. Montana 20; Brigham Young V. Loyola 20 Redlands 0. Wyoming 19; Greeley State 6. Willamette 53; College of Idahe 0. San Diego State 6; Pomona 0. Alabama AT; Southwestern Loui- siana 6. Clemson 36; Virginia Military 2. Texas Christian 6; Tulsa 0. Iowa State 25; Drake 8,
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)
Virginia 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Lafayette–Virginia gameVirginia leads 2–1–1 in four meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1942 | Lafayette 19, Virginia 13 | |
| 1941 | Virginia 25, Lafayette 0 | |
| 1891 | Lafayette 6, Virginia 6 | |
| 1890 | Virginia 20, Lafayette 6 |
Around this game
Lafayette
- Next gamevs. New York UniversityOct. 4, 1941
- SeasonLafayette in 1941
- ProgramLafayette history and records
Virginia
- Next gameat YaleOct. 4, 1941
- SeasonVirginia in 1941
- ProgramVirginia history and records

