Hampden Sydney at Virginia

Saturday, September 23, 1944

Virginia beat Hampden Sydney 37–⁠0. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Virginia led the series 15–⁠1–⁠2.

AwayHampden Sydney1–⁠3 in 1944
0
HomeVirginia6–⁠1–⁠2 in 1944
37

FinalHigh 69°F, low 53°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Hickman Aids Virginia As Hampden Sydney Is Trimmed, 80

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 24, 1944, page 23

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    Hickman Aids Virginia As Hampden Sydney Is Trimmed, 80 ~ tAe hSSOClhtco FIGS8. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Sept 23.-Virginia scored every quarter to defeat Hampden-Sydney today $40. with an ofYense spearheaded by . parade Of new backs led by John Duda. who counted three touchdowns In the first half. Three thousand saw the game. Duda, Navy trainee who played for Virginia Tech two years ago, gained 157 wards in Is plays to dominate the first half play. Two other Navy trainees, Bill Hickman and Henry Walker, and one civilian, Frank Goodman. helped roll up Virginia’s total in the second half, Hampden-Sydney, made up wholly of Navy via trainees. battled gamely but never threatened seriously. Virginia rolled up II first downs and 418 yards to 2 first downs for the Tigers, who Melted only 7 yards. Hickman, who played for Mary land against the Cavaliers last fall. paced the scoring drive that began IN the third quarter and ended in the fourth, the Navy trainee from Baltimore slicing over for 7 yards for touchdown. Walker. star end at South Carolima last year, bucked over Virginia’s hnaI score, but missed the goal.

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 86% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Virginia leads 16–⁠1–⁠2 in 19 meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1946Virginia 71, Hampden Sydney 0
1944Virginia 37, Hampden Sydney 0
1942Virginia 12, Hampden Sydney 0
1941Virginia 41, Hampden Sydney 0
1939Virginia 26, Hampden Sydney 0
1937Virginia 13, Hampden Sydney 7

Around this game

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