Washington and Lee at Richmond

Thursday, November 23, 1950

No. 19 Washington and Lee beat Richmond 67–⁠7. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Washington and Lee led the series 9–⁠5.

Away19Washington and Lee8–⁠3 in 1950
67
HomeRichmond2–⁠8 in 1950
7

FinalHigh 60°F, low 38°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 27, 1950, page 18

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    RICHMOND. Va. Nov. 81 Washington and Lee not only held the Southern Conference football championship today. but Walt Michaels, its star fullback. appeared certain to take the leagues individual scoring honors. Michaels led the point-producers with SO markers. He climbed into the lead last Thursday by making Is points In Washington and Lees S 67–⁠7 rout Of the University of Richmond. Second place was held by Fred Cone, Clemson fullback, who contributed “a points Saturday to his teams 41–⁠0 triumph over Auburn. Cones point total is SO. Both Michaels and Cone have completed their regular seasons.

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)

Washington and Lee 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Washington and Lee leads 11–⁠6 in 17 meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1953Richmond 27, Washington and Lee 19
1952Washington and Lee 21, Richmond 20
1951Washington and Lee 39, Richmond 7
1950Washington and Lee 67, Richmond 7
1949Washington and Lee 35, Richmond 14
1948Richmond 14, Washington and Lee 12

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