Vanderbilt at Virginia
Saturday, September 27, 1952 Share
Virginia beat Vanderbilt 27–0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 4–4–1.
FinalHigh 80°F, low 51°FAttendance 22,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, September 28, 1952, page 64
Read the text
Virginia 0utc|asses Vanderbilt, n-0; Tom Scott SparkIes CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Sept. 27.-The University of Virginia completely outclassed Vanderbilt today, to open it’s season with a 27–0 victory which was even more a rout than the score indicates. A crowd Of $4,000 saw the game. Led by Halfback Bob Tata who scored two touchdowns, one on
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 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Vanderbilt–Virginia gameVanderbilt leads 12–5–1 in 18 meetings, counting the nine since this game.
| 1975 | Vanderbilt 17, Virginia 14 | |
| 1973 | Vanderbilt 39, Virginia 22 | |
| 1972 | Vanderbilt 10, Virginia 7 | |
| 1971 | Virginia 27, Vanderbilt 23 | |
| 1959 | Vanderbilt 33, Virginia 0 | |
| 1958 | Vanderbilt 39, Virginia 6 |
Around this game
Vanderbilt
- Next gameat NorthwesternOct. 4, 1952
- SeasonVanderbilt in 1952
- ProgramVanderbilt history and records
Virginia
- Next gamevs. Virginia TechOct. 4, 1952
- SeasonVirginia in 1952
- ProgramVirginia history and records