Carlisle at Virginia

Thursday, November 29, 1906

Carlisle beat Virginia 18–⁠17. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Carlisle led the series 4–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayCarlisle9–⁠3 in 1906
18
HomeVirginia0–⁠2 in 1906
17

FinalHigh 52°F, low 33°FAttendance 7,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Minneapolis journal's story: CARLISLE WINS !. B. By CLOSE SCORE J Indian Eleven Is Given a Bad Scare By Virginia Uni {: II versity.s Journal Special Service.

    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.

Carlisle leads 5–⁠1–⁠1 in seven meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1910Carlisle 22, Virginia 5
1906Carlisle 18, Virginia 17
1905Carlisle 12, Virginia 0
1904Carlisle 14, Virginia 6
1903Virginia 6, Carlisle 6
1902Virginia 6, Carlisle 5

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