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East Carolina vs. Virginia Tech

Saturday, September 15, 1956

Virginia Tech beat East Carolina 37–⁠2. It was their first meeting; after it, Virginia Tech led the series 1–⁠0.

Neutral siteEast Carolina0–⁠2 in 1956
2
Neutral siteVirginia Tech7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1956
37

FinalHigh 82°F, low 59°F, 0.12 in. of rainAttendance 6,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: VMI Beats Stetson In Football Opener

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 16, 1956, page 1

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    VMI Beats Stetson In Football Opener ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Sept. is (R.-Virginia Military Institute scored five minutes after the opening kickoff then romped over Stetson University ATS tonight. It was the seasons first college football game in Florida. BLUEFIELD, w. Va, Sept. is R.-Virginia Tech, spanked by two long runs by Halfback Bobby Wolfenden,, swamped the out classed Pirates of East Carolina College 37–⁠2 in a football game played before some 5000 fans tonight.

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 91% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every East Carolina–Virginia Tech game

Virginia Tech leads 15–⁠7 in 22 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.

Recent meetings
2017Virginia Tech 64, East Carolina 17
2016Virginia Tech 54, East Carolina 17
2015East Carolina 35, Virginia Tech 28
2014East Carolina 28, Virginia Tech 21
2013Virginia Tech 15, East Carolina 10
2011Virginia Tech 17, East Carolina 10

Around this game

East Carolina

Virginia Tech