Vermont at Middlebury

Saturday, November 16, 1901

Vermont beat Middlebury 20–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwayVermont5–⁠5–⁠1 in 1901
20
HomeMiddlebury1–⁠1 in 1901
0

FinalHigh 35°F, low 31°F

In the newspapers

  • The Burlington weekly free press's story: Defeated Middlebury College on Their Home Grounds by Score of FL too. SUPERIORITY OF WEIGHT Back OF Line Enables to Vermont to Plays by Middlebury But OPP ponents' Was Not IN Danger.

    Burlington weekly free press, Burlington, Vt., November 21, 1901, page 11

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    Defeated Middlebury College on Their Home Grounds by Score of FL too. SUPERIORITY OF WEIGHT Back OF Line Enables to Vermont to Plays by Middlebury But OPP ponents’ Was Not IN Danger. MiGdebury, Nov. 17.-The University of Vermont defeated NidJlcbury college here yesterday by a score of – to . in two twcnty-mirutc halves. The snow which had fallen during the week rendered the field very muddy. This fact ana the SUI porior weight Of the Vermont team in their gGdiG back formation woI the game for the university Tho game WAS witnessed by at least 700 people. In the first half Middlebury made bad frmbl” jus. ,.:ter the kick -or. and Yer mont fell on it. Then by a series Of lire plays Vermont soon placed the ball over the Gch line. During the rest of the half the iall exchanged hands three times with no touchdown In the second half Vermont again used her guards back ana made three more tCuchdowns

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)

Middlebury 62% to win. Vermont won as Elo’s underdog.

Vermont leads 3–⁠1 in four meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1905Vermont 10, Middlebury 0
1905Vermont 11, Middlebury 0
1901Vermont 20, Middlebury 0
1901Middlebury 12, Vermont 0

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