VMI at Furman

Saturday, November 9, 1946

VMI beat Furman 26–⁠7. It was their first meeting; after it, VMI led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayVMI4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1946
26
HomeFurman2–⁠8 in 1946
7

FinalHigh 74°F, low 45°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Aerial Bombs Beat Furman University

    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.

Furman leads 13–⁠11 in 24 meetings, counting the 23 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Furman 32, VMI 14
2024VMI 21, Furman 17
2023Furman 37, VMI 3
2022Furman 41, VMI 3
2021Furman 37, VMI 31
2020VMI 14, Furman 13

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