Richmond at Virginia

Saturday, November 15, 1952

Virginia beat Richmond 49–⁠0. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Virginia led the series 13–⁠2–⁠2.

AwayRichmond1–⁠9 in 1952
0
HomeVirginia8–⁠2 in 1952
49

FinalHigh 65°F, low 47°F, 1.81 in. of rainAttendance 6,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, November 16, 1952, page 68

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    CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Nov. 15.-Seven different players, in cluding a number of second stringers, got into the scoring column today as Virginia’s foot ball team took its expected romp over Richmond, 49–⁠0. Among those getting their initial touchdown this afternoon was Linebacker Henry Strempek. He took the kickoff opening the Sec ond half and skedaddled 80 yards for score. The 49–⁠0 tally was one point less than scored by the Cavaliers against George Washington, the team Richmond plays next Saturday in its home stadium. The game. played before a crowd of about 5000. was Virginia S second straight one-sided triumph after losses to Duke and South Carolina, and gave it 6–⁠2 season mark. For Richmond it was the eighth straight loss after an opening victory against Randolph Macon. The final score could have been much higher had not Coach Art Guepe of Virginia used everybody who had on a uniform in the second half The Cavaliers scored two touchdowns in each Of the first two periods and three in the third, but got nothing in the fourth when defensive backs were

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 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Virginia leads 24–⁠3–⁠2 in 29 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Virginia 34, Richmond 13
2022Virginia 34, Richmond 17
2018Virginia 42, Richmond 13
2016Richmond 37, Virginia 20
2014Virginia 45, Richmond 13
2012Virginia 43, Richmond 19

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