Davidson at Virginia

Saturday, October 27, 1962

Virginia beat Davidson 34–⁠7. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Virginia led the series 7–⁠0–⁠2.

AwayDavidson3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1962
7
HomeVirginia5–⁠5 in 1962
34

FinalHigh 56°F, low 24°FAttendance 18,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Cuozzo Stars as Virginia Rolls Over Davidson 34-7

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 28, 1962, page 1

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    Cuozzo Stars as Virginia Rolls Over Davidson 34–⁠7 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Oct. 81. Quarterback Gary CuoZzo passed for three touchdowns and scored a fourth as Virginia whipped Davidson of the South ern Conference, BAT, before $4,000 - including 1000 high school bandsmen – today at Scott Stadium. Cuozzo hit End Jim Hoffarth with touchdown passes Of IL and II yards and Halfback John Hepler with a 15-yarder The 6-foot-1, 187-pound senior ran five yards for Virginia’s first touchdown. 1t was Virginia’S fourth VIC tory in five games and tied last years total victories, the best record since 1856. The “a points was Virginia’s highest total since 1857, when the Cavaliers whipped Virginia Tech, 1877. Cash Two Fumbles Virginia turned two Davidson fumbles into first-half touch downs, Tackle Terry Duffy recovered a Wildcat bobble on the Davidson 20 early in the first quarter. Cuozzo banged over from the five four plays later. Gary also set up the score with a 14-yard run to the Davidson nine. Halfback Bob Cordle returned a punt 26 yards to the Virginia 80 late in the first quarter to set up Davidson’S only touchdown. He then grabbed a 21-yard pass from Quarterback Earl Cole on the Cavaliers eight. Alex Gibbs got the one on the first play of the second quarter and Full back Jim Fuller bulled over on the next play. Virginia took the kickoff and begged down. But Dave Lopp fumbled Tommy Griggs’ punt and Andy Moran recovered for Virginia on the Wildcats %. Cuozzo got a first down on a fourth-and-one play from the 12 and then hit Hoffarth with the 12-yard strike on the next play. Late in the first half, Carl Kuhn took a Davidson punt with a fair catch on his own

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 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Virginia leads 8–⁠0–⁠2 in 10 meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1968Virginia 41, Davidson 14
1962Virginia 34, Davidson 7
1935Davidson 0, Virginia 0
1921Virginia 28, Davidson 0
1916Virginia 14, Davidson 0
1909Virginia 11, Davidson 0

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