VMI at Temple
Saturday, October 3, 1942 Share
Temple beat VMI 7–6. It was their third meeting; after it, Temple led the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 47°FAttendance 15,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every VMI–Temple gameTemple leads 4–0 in four meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1943 | Temple 27, VMI 0 | |
| 1942 | Temple 7, VMI 6 | |
| 1941 | Temple 28, VMI 13 | |
| 1937 | Temple 18, VMI 7 |
Around this game
VMI
- Next gameat VirginiaOct. 10, 1942
- SeasonVMI in 1942
- ProgramVMI history and records
Temple
- Next gamevs. BucknellOct. 9, 1942
- SeasonTemple in 1942
- ProgramTemple history and records

