Davidson at Virginia Tech
Saturday, September 29, 1951 Share
Davidson beat Virginia Tech 32–20. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Virginia Tech led the series 9–2–1.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 31°FAttendance 6,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, September 30, 1951, page 39
Read the text
Virginia Tech Beaten By Davidson, $40 BLACKSBURG. Va, Sept. 90 A light and fast Davidson foot. ball team today defeated hard. fighting Virginia Tech, 1920, a Miles Stadium. Some 5000 persons saw David sons fullback. Ham Wade, q over from the four on the fourth play Of the game. The touchdown was set up when Techs Hunter Swink fumbled the Davidson kick. of on his own 33. Davidson then scored again ir the same quarter, twice in tht second and a final time in the fourth. Techs first tally came on thu first play from scrimmage aftel Davidson’s initial score. Righ Half James Cowan took a pas. from Quarterback Jack William! and made it good for 81 yards anc the score. The Gobblers. made up of young freshmen, scored again in the third and a final time in the fourth,
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)
Virginia Tech 56% to win. Davidson won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Davidson–Virginia Tech gameVirginia Tech leads 10–3–1 in 14 meetings, counting the two since this game.
Around this game
Davidson
- Next gamevs. The CitadelOct. 6, 1951
- SeasonDavidson in 1951
- ProgramDavidson history and records
Virginia Tech
- Next gameat VirginiaOct. 6, 1951
- SeasonVirginia Tech in 1951
- ProgramVirginia Tech history and records

