Davidson at Richmond

Saturday, November 18, 1950

Davidson beat Richmond 39–⁠0. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Davidson led the series 4–⁠3–⁠1.

AwayDavidson3–⁠6 in 1950
39
HomeRichmond2–⁠8 in 1950
0

FinalHigh 55°F, low 36°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Davidson Defeats Richmond, 80 10 0

    Evening star, November 19, 1950, page 60

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    Davidson Defeats Richmond, 80 10 0 RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 18.- Auburn Lambeth, quarterback from Decatur, Ca, pitched five touchdown passes here today to spark Davidson’s Wildcats to $50 Southern Conference football triumph over Richmond. The lean 6-foot sharpshooter hurled passes good for IA and 16 yards to Halfback Roy White. Lambeth tipped a 19-yarder to End Bob Turk to open the scoring with the game less than four minutes old. He tossed II yards to another end, Dave Williams. for another Wildcat touchdown. With time running out in the third quarter, Lambeth heaved a pass to Johnny Guiton, who grabbed the ball on the Richmond 81. broke away and dashed to the goal. The play covered 48 yards. Walter Oakes, a 6-foot-1 end from Boiling Springs. N. c., in tercepted Graham Brimm’s pass on the Spider 80 and dashed un- molested to the final touchdown. Gordon Stuart converted after three Davidson touchdowns, and missed three ether attempts.

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)

Richmond 62% to win. Davidson won as Elo’s underdog.

Richmond leads 20–⁠9–⁠1 in 30 meetings, counting the 22 since this game.

Recent meetings
2022Richmond 41, Davidson 0FCS Championship – First Round
1973Richmond 42, Davidson 0
1972Richmond 20, Davidson 14
1971Richmond 14, Davidson 7
1970Davidson 14, Richmond 5
1969Davidson 37, Richmond 7

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