Richmond at Wake Forest
Saturday, October 6, 1951 Share
Wake Forest beat Richmond 56–6. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Richmond led the series 5–3.
FinalHigh 94°F, low 68°FAttendance 7,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 7, 1951, page 47
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Wake Forest 0utcIasses Richmond in 56–6 Game WAKE FOREST, N. c.. Oct. 9. Quarterback Ed Kissell fired three touchdown passes as power Wake Forest smothered Richmond Sc to 6 today in a Southern Conference game. A crowd of 1000, sweating in sultry weather, saw Wake Forest outpoWer and outpass a befuddled Richmond team. The game was little more than a workout for the Deamon Deacons. as they rolled to their third straight victory. Wake Forest scored five touch downs in the first half and tackled on three more plus a safety in the final two periods.
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)
Wake Forest 90% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Richmond–Wake Forest gameTied 7–7–1 in 15 meetings, counting the seven since this game.
| 1987 | Wake Forest 24, Richmond 0 | |
| 1984 | Wake Forest 29, Richmond 16 | |
| 1983 | Wake Forest 31, Richmond 6 | |
| 1981 | Wake Forest 34, Richmond 22 | |
| 1973 | Richmond 41, Wake Forest 0 | |
| 1954 | Richmond 13, Wake Forest 0 |
Around this game
Richmond
- Next gameat West VirginiaOct. 13, 1951
- SeasonRichmond in 1951
- ProgramRichmond history and records
Wake Forest
- Next gameat William & MaryOct. 13, 1951
- SeasonWake Forest in 1951
- ProgramWake Forest history and records

