Virginia Tech vs. George Washington

Friday, October 12, 1951

George Washington beat Virginia Tech 38–⁠13. It was their ninth meeting; after it, George Washington led the series 5–⁠4.

Neutral siteVirginia Tech2–⁠8 in 1951
13
Neutral siteGeorge Washington2–⁠6–⁠1 in 1951
38

FinalAttendance 5,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Totum and Rowland Touchdown Speakers

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 15, 1951, page 19

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    Totum and Rowland Touchdown Speakers Football Coaches Jim Tatum OF Maryland and Bo Rowland OF George Washington were the guest speakers today at the weekly luncheon of the Touchdown Club Tatum was to speak of Mary lands 43–⁠7 rout of Georgia at Athens, Ga, Saturday night, while Rowland was to talk on GW’s 38- 13 victory over Virginia Tech Fri day night at Alexandria.

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)

George Washington 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Virginia Tech leads 11–⁠8 in 19 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
1966Virginia Tech 49, George Washington 0
1965Virginia Tech 17, George Washington 12
1964Virginia Tech 33, George Washington 0
1963Virginia Tech 22, George Washington 8
1962Virginia Tech 15, George Washington 14
1961Virginia Tech 14, George Washington 3

Around this game

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