VMI at Temple

Saturday, October 3, 1942

Temple beat VMI 7–⁠6. It was their third meeting; after it, Temple led the series 3–⁠0.

AwayVMI3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1942
6
HomeTemple2–⁠5–⁠3 in 1942
7

FinalHigh 66°F, low 47°FAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story: V.M.I. Loses 10 Owls Missing Conversion

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 3, 1942, page 1

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    V.M.I. Loses 10 Owls Missing Conversion Joe Muha’s failure to convert an Joe Muna’s failure TO convert an extra point cost Virginia Military Institute a 7 TO 6 defeat at the hands Of Temple University In the Owls stadium before $4,000 thrill. stated football fans last night. Muha of McKees Rocks. Pa, missed the conversion that would have tied the score and the game WAS really over.

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)

Temple 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Temple leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1943Temple 27, VMI 0
1942Temple 7, VMI 6
1941Temple 28, VMI 13
1937Temple 18, VMI 7

Around this game

VMI

Temple