Virginia at Virginia Tech

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  Evening star, October 8, 1962, page 16

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  VIRGINIA An Old Disease, FumbIeitis, Hurts Virginia’s football team no doubt would like two new han dles-one for the football and the other a new name to hide behind after Saturdays humiliating 20–⁠15 loss to Virginia Tech at Roanoke. The Cavaliers fumbled six times and Tech recovered four of them. One of the bobbles set up, a vPI touchdown, an other stopped a late Virginia drive that might have pulled out a victory, and the other four kept the Cavaliers bottled UP most of the game. Virginia’s scorecard for fun1bles after two games now reads 10 and the opposition has re-, covered six of them. Two-one each against William & Mary and VPI-gave the opposition an easy touchdown. Loss Big Blow Saturdays defeat by VPI was the eighth in nine years, including five in a row, against the Cavaliers top State rival. The latest loss was an even more stunning blow because Coach Bill Elias figured Virginia had to win ii 1t was to gather the momentum to go on to its first winning season since 1852. There was one ray Of sum shine in the defeat for Elias and his staff. Terry Sieg, a 187-pound junior from Rum son, Nj, may be the break away runner who can provide the desperately needed back field punch, Sieg returned a punt 79 yards for a touchdown on the second play of the fourth quarter. And after Terry turned on the steam, he outdistanced the last two Tech defenders to the goal by 20 yards. Inspires Cavaliers Sieg’s run made the score 2O-15, VPI, and inspired the Cavaliers for one final effort to pull out the game. Gary Cuozzo moved the team from its own II to the VPI IL before he fumbled and Techs Gerald Bobbitte recovered with a min ute left. That killed Virginia. Fullback Ted Rzempoluch spanked Virginia’s drive for its first touchdown with a 20-yard run up the middle. Ted, who was switched from halfback to

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Virginia Tech leads 62–⁠34–⁠5 in 101 meetings on file, counting the 59 since this game.