The Citadel at VMI

Saturday, November 13, 1954

VMI beat The Citadel 42–⁠0. It was their 15th meeting; after it, VMI led the series 10–⁠4–⁠1.

AwayThe Citadel2–⁠8 in 1954
0
HomeVMI4–⁠6 in 1954
42

FinalHigh 59°F, low 35°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Saturdays Stors

    Evening star, November 15, 1954, page 44 (results column)

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    Saturdays Stors Royce Flippin, Princeton Scored three touchdowns as the Tigers defeated Yale, 21–⁠14. Dick Jackson, Cornell--Raced 98 yards with the opening kickoff for touchdown and tailed another in a 40–⁠2l rout of Dartmouth. Howard (Hopalong) Cassidy, Ohio State–Scampered 68 yards for one score as the undeafted Buckeyes beat Purude, 1876. Joe GattusO, Navy–Tallied two touchdowns while his team trounced Columbia, 51–⁠6. Don Holleder, Army–Caught two passes for touchdowns as the West Pointers crushed Penn, $50. Lou Baldacci, Michigan–Scored twice and kicked one CONVEX sion in the Wolverines 1877 victory over Michigan State. Bob Mcnamara, Minnesota Galloped 80 and 36 yards in the Gophers’ 22–⁠20 squeaker over Iowa. FlOrian Helinski, Indiana – Threw two touchdown passes and kicked the winning point as the Hoosiers nipped North western, 14–⁠13. Dave Woolwine, Virginia Military Institute – Passed for three touchdowns and kicked three extra points in the Cadets 42–⁠0 conquest of the Citadel. Lenny Moore, Penn State Scored twice and gained I’ll yards as State defeated Rutgers, 37–⁠14. Jimmy Thompson, Georgia Tech Ran for two touchdowns and paced the Engineers to a 200 victory over Alabama. Dick Allen, Florida Substitute quarterback passed for both scores and added the extra points in a 14–⁠0 triumph over Tennessee. Aramis Dandoy, Southern Cali fornia-Returned the open ing kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown and scored another in the 41–⁠0 victory over Wash ington. Ronnie Waller, Maryland-Raced 81 and 81 yards for touch downs to carry Maryland to q 1910 victory over Clemson. Freddy Wyant, West Virginia- Scored all of the Mountaineers’ touchdowns as West Virginia defeated William & Mary, 20–⁠6. Frank Eidom, Southern MethodiSt-Tallied three times IN the Mustangs 2l-14 victory over previously undefeated Arkansas. Bob Herndon, Okla hom a. Caught two touchdown passes as the Sooners defeated Missouri,, 34–⁠13.

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)

VMI 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The Citadel leads 33–⁠26–⁠1 in 60 meetings, counting the 45 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025The Citadel 35, VMI 24
2024The Citadel 13, VMI 10
2023VMI 17, The Citadel 13
2022The Citadel 26, VMI 22
2021The Citadel 35, VMI 24
2020VMI 31, The Citadel 17

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