Marshall vs. Virginia Tech
Saturday, September 13, 1952 Share
Virginia Tech beat Marshall 19–14. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Virginia Tech led the series 4–2.
FinalAttendance 10,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, September 14, 1952, page 66
Read the text
Virginia Tech Triumphs Over Marshall, 1914 BLUEFIELD. w. Va, Sept. 13. Tech, hungry for vic tory after four successive poor seasons, scored a 1914 football triumph tonight over Marshall College Of Huntington. w. Va. All the scoring was done in the first and third quarters of the game, played before 10000 spec tators here.
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 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Marshall–Virginia Tech gameVirginia Tech leads 12–3 in 15 meetings, counting the nine since this game.
Around this game
Marshall
- Next gamevs. Virginia TechSept. 19, 1953
- SeasonMarshall in 1952
- ProgramMarshall history and records
Virginia Tech
- Next gameat DavidsonSept. 20, 1952
- SeasonVirginia Tech in 1952
- ProgramVirginia Tech history and records