Carlisle at Virginia
Thursday, November 29, 1906 Share
Carlisle beat Virginia 18–17. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Carlisle led the series 4–1–1.
FinalHigh 52°F, low 33°FAttendance 7,000
In the newspapers

The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., November 30, 1906, page 1
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CARLISLE WINS !. B. By CLOSE SCORE J Indian Eleven Is Given a Bad Scare By Virginia Uni {: II versity.s Journal Special Service. Journal Special Service Norfolk, Va, Nov. 3O.-The Indians won from the University Of Virginia yesterday afternoon the most spectaeus lar. and sensational game of football ever witnessed ON a southern eridiron. the score being .l8 to, II, in the red men q favor. Ten thousand people wit: messed the game. Long and bri11ia ut runs and much punting marked the play. :. ~ -. 1870. 49, =, The play was fast and furious, each team making three touchdowns. Vir. GINA scored first, johnson getting the bail on the Indians 35-vard line on “a tumble by. Littleboy and carried it over the Indian goal line. Randolph missed the first goal, which cost Virginia the game. An 80.-yard run by Johnson and one for a similar distance by Hornicker made two more touehdGwns for Virginia- = From these Randolph Kicked goals. Two of sCarlisle,ss touch downs were. made by line-bueking and end. circling, an end run Of SIS yards BIZ Littleboy making one possible. A cir cling of Virginia IS left end Cor 40 yards by Mount Pleasant, who received the ball on a double pass. produced an other touchdown for the Indians. Mount Pleasant kicked three goals from three touchdowns. .,.;>s1 I i i ~ s=s.:.s 1T
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)
Carlisle 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Carlisle–Virginia gameCarlisle leads 5–1–1 in seven meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1910 | Carlisle 22, Virginia 5 | |
| 1906 | Carlisle 18, Virginia 17 | |
| 1905 | Carlisle 12, Virginia 0 | |
| 1904 | Carlisle 14, Virginia 6 | |
| 1903 | Virginia 6, Carlisle 6 | |
| 1902 | Virginia 6, Carlisle 5 |
Around this game
Carlisle
- Next gamevs. Lebanon ValleySept. 21, 1907
- SeasonCarlisle in 1906
- ProgramCarlisle history and records
Virginia
- Next gamevs. DavidsonSept. 28, 1907
- SeasonVirginia in 1906
- ProgramVirginia history and records
