Davidson at Virginia Tech

Saturday, September 29, 1951

Davidson beat Virginia Tech 32–⁠20. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Virginia Tech led the series 9–⁠2–⁠1.

AwayDavidson1–⁠8 in 1951
32
HomeVirginia Tech2–⁠8 in 1951
20

FinalHigh 66°F, low 31°FAttendance 6,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Virginia Tech Beaten By Davidson, $40

    Evening star, District of Columbia, September 30, 1951, page 39

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    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.

Virginia Tech leads 10–⁠3–⁠1 in 14 meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1960Davidson 9, Virginia Tech 7
1952Virginia Tech 27, Davidson 14
1951Davidson 32, Virginia Tech 20
1942Virginia Tech 16, Davidson 0
1941Virginia Tech 16, Davidson 0
1931Virginia Tech 18, Davidson 6

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