VMI at Davidson
Saturday, November 4, 1950 Share
VMI beat Davidson 46–6. It was their 30th meeting; after it, VMI led the series 18–11–1.
FinalHigh 75°F, low 50°F, 1.16 in. of rainAttendance 6,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 5, 1950, page 47
Read the text
|VMI Pounds Davidson For A-6 Triumph CHARLOTTE, N. c., Nov. A. Virginia Military Institute wal Hoped Davidson College. 46 to 6 here today in a Southern Conference football game. Heavy morning rams neld the crowd to about 5000, but the wei field had little effect upon the play. Joe Stump, a 1872 pound senior led the Keydets in the early stages, but was replaced by SECOND and third stringers as the score mounted. Auburn Lambeth, Davidson quarterback, was rushed all after noon and was unable to achieve his usual passing efficiency. In the third period, however, he COM pleted the 200th pass of his COL legiate career. VMI scored the first time it got the. ball. with Jim Coley passing to Neal Petree, for the touchdown Lambeth passed to Johnny Guy ton for a Davidson touchdown in the second quarter. Thereafter it was all VMI.
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)
VMI 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every VMI–Davidson gameVMI leads 39–17–3 in 59 meetings, counting the 29 since this game.
| 2026 | Davidson 27, VMI 24 | |
| 2023 | VMI 12, Davidson 7 | |
| 2021 | VMI 45, Davidson 24 | |
| 2014 | VMI 52, Davidson 24 | |
| 2006 | VMI 20, Davidson 19 | |
| 2005 | VMI 33, Davidson 0 |
Around this game
VMI
- Next gameat Georgia TechNov. 11, 1950
- SeasonVMI in 1950
- ProgramVMI history and records
Davidson
- Next gameat NC StateNov. 11, 1950
- SeasonDavidson in 1950
- ProgramDavidson history and records

