Richmond at Virginia

Wednesday, October 2, 1907

Virginia beat Richmond 38–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Virginia led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayRichmond0–⁠2 in 1907
0
HomeVirginia6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1907
38

FinalHigh 77°F, low 46°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington herald's story: EASY FOR VIRGINIA. Richmond College Eleven Over WheiminEIy Defeated.

    The Washington herald, October 3, 1907, page 9

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    EASY FOR VIRGINIA. Richmond College Eleven Over WheiminEIy Defeated. Special % The washington Herald Charlottesville, Va. Oct. Virginia defeated Richmond College to-day IS to 0 in thirty minutes of play. The visitors were too light 70 withstand Virginia s rushes. and only had possession OF the ball for three minutes during the contest. In the first half, two touchdowns, a drop kick. and a safety netted Virginia seventeen points With a number of sub stituteS in the lineup. twenty-one points were added in the second half. Capt Nen getting two touchdowns and Crawford a goal from field and a touchdown Crawford starred for Virginia In additiOn TO his brilliant runs. ne dropped two goals from the 35-yard line. The backs played with much snap. with not q single tumble. Kollock and Randolph did good work in the line. Lineup and summary.

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 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Virginia leads 24–⁠3–⁠2 in 29 meetings, counting the 28 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Virginia 34, Richmond 13
2022Virginia 34, Richmond 17
2018Virginia 42, Richmond 13
2016Richmond 37, Virginia 20
2014Virginia 45, Richmond 13
2012Virginia 43, Richmond 19

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