VMI at Miami

Friday, December 5, 1941

Miami beat VMI 10–⁠7. It was their first meeting; after it, Miami led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayVMI4–⁠6 in 1941
7
HomeMiami8–⁠2 in 1941
10

FinalHigh 81°F, low 76°FAttendance 19,544

In the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story: Last Call for Grid Fans

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, December 6, 1941, page 1 (results column)

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    Last Call for Grid Fans The curtain banged down In the 1941 collegiate football campaign today. Battle of the day appeared TO be in prospect in Pullman, Wash, W h ere the Washington State eleven entertains Texas A. & M. The Pacific Coast and SOUTH west, in fact, was the scene of all these final, scattered encounters. The East and Midwest concluded hostility last week and the South finished its season last night when Miami University edged Virginia Military Institute, 10 to 7. Odds were that Texas Aggies will appear January l in the Cot ton Bowl against the University of Alabama. State, however, had the team that bowled over Oregon State, the home” eleven this year in the Rose Bowl, and is rated as capable of upsetting the dope. While these foes slug it. out, the University of Texas will play host to Oregon at Austin. Utah invades Arizona at Tucson, Southern Methodist and Rice collide at Dali las and at Los Angeles. Southern California and “. c. L. A. will renew their ancient feud. Mississippi State meets San Francisco at Frisco.

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)

VMI 68% to win. Miami pulled the upset.

Miami leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1952Miami 45, VMI 0
1941Miami 10, VMI 7

Around this game

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