Maryland at VMI

Thursday, November 30, 1944

Maryland beat VMI 8–⁠6. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Maryland led the series 11–⁠8–⁠2.

AwayMaryland1–⁠7–⁠1 in 1944
8
HomeVMI1–⁠8 in 1944
6

FinalHigh 40°F, low 28°F, 0.2 in. of rainAttendance 4,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, December 1, 1944, page 16

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    ROANOKE, Va, Dec. MARY land gridmen had their first victory of the season on the books today, 3 satisfying 8–⁠6 decision over Virginia Military Institute and even then the hapless TerpS had to battle against odds to save themselves from being shutout for the entire campaign The result gave Maryland one win and tie against six defeats. Charley Ryan, the Old Liners kicking specialist, injured his ankle in the teams last workout before the game and yesterday morning Pat Mccarthy, crack end, reported sick and had to be left in bed at the hotel. Lanky Bob Troll and Frank Doory accounted for Maryland’s points. Troll passed to Sal Fastuca for a first down on the Keydets’ 18, put ting the ball in position for the touchdown. then carried it over him. self from the 7 on four consecutive plunges. Doory blocked Elmer Kozorra’s punt in v. NJ. is end zone for the

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)

Maryland 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Maryland leads 14–⁠8–⁠2 in 24 meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1972Maryland 28, VMI 16
1971Maryland 38, VMI 0
1945Maryland 38, VMI 0
1944Maryland 8, VMI 6
1943Maryland 21, VMI 14
1942VMI 29, Maryland 0

Around this game

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