Wake Forest at Virginia
Saturday, October 20, 1962 Share
Virginia beat Wake Forest 14–12. It was their eighth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 4–4.
FinalHigh 77°F, low 38°FAttendance 16,500
In the newspapers
Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 21, 1962, page 1
Read the text
Mountainous Nip CIV 27–25; Virginia Tops WakeForest> 1912 Key Tackle ByGrohon, Saves Win CHARLOTTESVILLE, Oct. 20 - Virginia’s offense tried to give away a football game before 1880 fans at Scott Sta dium today, but the defensive unit wouldn’t stand for it and the Cavaliers escaped with a 14–12 victory over Wake Forest in their Atlantic Coast Conference opener. The defensive unit made two second quarter touchdowns
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 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Wake Forest–Virginia gameVirginia leads 34–18 in 52 meetings, counting the 44 since this game.
Around this game
Wake Forest
- Next gameat North CarolinaOct. 27, 1962
- SeasonWake Forest in 1962
- ProgramWake Forest history and records
Virginia
- Next gamevs. DavidsonOct. 27, 1962
- SeasonVirginia in 1962
- ProgramVirginia history and records