Virginia Tech at Virginia

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, September 27, 1953, page 70

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  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Sept. 26.-Virginia Tech, which never has lost a game in Virginia’s Scott Stadium, today kept that record intact with a surprising 20–⁠6 victory, spelling Virginia. S opener and Ned McDonald’S head-coaching debut. The Gobblers scored two touch downs in the last nine minutes after Virginia had matched VPI’s second-quarter touchdown with one of its own in the third period. About 10000 fans, including Gov. John Battle and other State officials-on hand to celebrate Commonwealth Day – watched the Gobblers celebrate their first

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.

Virginia Tech leads 62–⁠34–⁠5 in 101 meetings on file, counting the 68 since this game.