Washington and Lee at Tennessee

Saturday, October 28, 1950

No. 8 Tennessee beat Washington and Lee 27–⁠20. It was their third meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 3–⁠0.

AwayWashington and Lee8–⁠3 in 1950
20
Home8Tennessee11–⁠1 in 1950
27

FinalHigh 73°F, low 56°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Powers Of Duke Fails To Score, but Keeps League Point Lead

    Evening star, October 30, 1950, page 15

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    Powers Of Duke Fails To Score, but Keeps League Point Lead RICHMOND. Va. Oct. So Tom Powers, Duke halfback. didn’t make q point last week but nevertheless remained at the top today Of the Southern Conference football scoring parade by a single marker. Powers has 48 points. Walt Michaels, Washington and Lee fullback. tailed II points In his teams 27–⁠20 defeat by Tennessee, to climb into the runnerup position with Al points. Four players are deadlocked for third, including Steve Wadiak, south Carolina halfback; Fred Cone, Clemson fullback; Bob |Shen1onski, Maryland halfback, and Dickie Lewis, William and Mary halfback. Each has SO points. Four conference games will be played this week. But only one OF them-Virginia Techs invasion Of Washington and Lee-is doped to have any bearing on the league leadership. w. & L. which can win the crown with victories over Tech and Richmond, has 40 loop mark. All other teams have been beaten or tied. Tnodipr eoorare.

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)

Tennessee 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tennessee leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1951Tennessee 60, Washington and Lee 14
1950Tennessee 27, Washington and Lee 20
1929Tennessee 39, Washington and Lee 0
1928Tennessee 26, Washington and Lee 7

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