VMI at Furman
Saturday, November 9, 1946 Share
VMI beat Furman 26–7. It was their first meeting; after it, VMI led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 74°F, low 45°F
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 10, 1946, page 1
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Aerial Bombs Beat Furman University GREENVILLE, S. c. Nov. g. RHTossing Bob Thomson I’M loaded his aerial bombs on Furman University here today and Virginia Military Institute rang up 26 to 7 Southern Conference football victory. Using a diversified single wing attack, the Keydets scored three touchdowns in the first half on Thomason’s accurate pitching and then matched Furman’s lone counter in the last half. V. M. L. made IL compilations out of 10 pass at tempts.
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)
Furman 61% to win. VMI won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every VMI–Furman gameFurman leads 13–11 in 24 meetings, counting the 23 since this game.
| 2025 | Furman 32, VMI 14 | |
| 2024 | VMI 21, Furman 17 | |
| 2023 | Furman 37, VMI 3 | |
| 2022 | Furman 41, VMI 3 | |
| 2021 | Furman 37, VMI 31 | |
| 2020 | VMI 14, Furman 13 |
Around this game
VMI
- Next gamevs. The CitadelNov. 16, 1946
- SeasonVMI in 1946
- ProgramVMI history and records
Furman
- Next gameat ClemsonNov. 16, 1946
- SeasonFurman in 1946
- ProgramFurman history and records

