VMI at Richmond

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  Evening star, September 30, 1945, page 18

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  Speedy Y. N. |. Backs Rout Richmond F., 40–⁠6 BY me ASSOClateC PfeSs. RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 90 Sparked by trio of fast-charging quick-witted backs, Virginia Military Institute crushed lighter Rich mond team tonight, 40–⁠6, before $500. Bob Thomason, 175-pound half back, got much of the credit for the one-sided score. He counted three of the six touchdowns and made good the extra points on all of them. Richmond entertains Maryland next Saturday and VMI visits the Old Liners on November 10.

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.

Richmond leads 33–⁠32–⁠5 in 70 meetings, counting the 48 since this game.