George Washington at Virginia Tech

Saturday, October 29, 1955

George Washington beat Virginia Tech 13–⁠7. It was their 12th meeting; after it, George Washington led the series 7–⁠5.

AwayGeorge Washington5–⁠4 in 1955
13
HomeVirginia Tech6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1955
7

FinalHigh 74°F, low 50°F, 0.02 in. of rainAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: CIV ExpIodes In Second Half .ToNip vpI, 13-7

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 30, 1955, page 60

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    CIV ExpIodes In Second Half .ToNip vpI, 13–⁠7 BLACKSBIRG. va. Oct. 2g. Al George Washington football team that was held In check al through the first half came tc life IN the last two quarters tc |outscore Virginia Tech this aft |ernoon. 1877. and spoil the Cob |blers’ homecoming before q crowd of 10000. Trailing TO at halftime. the Colonials got on the board with

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 Tech 66% to win. George Washington pulled the upset.

Virginia Tech leads 11–⁠8 in 19 meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
1966Virginia Tech 49, George Washington 0
1965Virginia Tech 17, George Washington 12
1964Virginia Tech 33, George Washington 0
1963Virginia Tech 22, George Washington 8
1962Virginia Tech 15, George Washington 14
1961Virginia Tech 14, George Washington 3

Around this game

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