Virginia Tech at Princeton

Saturday, October 17, 1908

Princeton beat Virginia Tech 10–⁠4. It was their first meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayVirginia Tech5–⁠4 in 1908
4
HomePrinceton5–⁠2–⁠3 in 1908
10

FinalHigh 88°F, low 45°FAttendance 3,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Detroit times's story: Saturdays Football

    The Detroit times, Michigan, October 19, 1908, page 1 (results column)

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    Saturdays Football Detroit Teams. ID. L. s.. Is; Flint Mutes. 5. Toledo, as. Eastern High. II. Central High, SO; Jackson High. IL. ID; A e.. 81: Broadway A. c. tCleve- Y NJ. c. A. 16; Assumption College, o. West. Michigan. 10. Notre Dame. 6. Chicago. IL Illinois. 8. Wisconsin. 10, Indiana. o. Purdue. 80: Monmouth. o. Minnesota. o; Nebraska. o. Alabama Is: Cincinnati, o. Tennessee. Z; Kentucky state, O.. Rose Polytechnic, IL; Wabash, III. Creighton college, 3. Grinnell. I. St Louis university. II; Knox col lege, 6. Sc Louis university. “a. University of Arkansas. o. East. Cornell. 9; Colgate. o. Yale. &. West Point, y Annapolis. 1e: Lehigh. 0. Pennsylvania. II. Brown, o, Princeton. 10; Virginia Tech. 4. Harvard. a.; Springfield J; =; West Virginia. 16; Carnegie Tech, o. Pittsburg university. q Marietta o. university, v. stats. Drake, 49, Coe. 0. Olivet. IS: Kazoo. o. st. Johns. 8; Ionia. 0. Albion. s. Hllsdale. o. Muskegon. 90; Albion. 0. NJ. NJ. A, 6: Pontiac ). Charlotte High. 81; Marshall, q. Charlotte fftRh, II; Marsttatf, -e.-- Alma. s.: Mt. Pleasant Normal. 0. Cadillac. 23: Big Rapids High. o. Battle Creek. 2; Olivet Seconds, 0. Coldwater High. o. Athens High. 0. Ann Arbor High. ga Lansing High. O.. Saginaw High. as: Mt. Pleasant High, Menominee High. l; Escanaba High. O. Game forfeited.)

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)

Princeton 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Princeton leads 3–⁠0 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1912Princeton 31, Virginia Tech 0
1909Princeton 8, Virginia Tech 6
1908Princeton 10, Virginia Tech 4

Around this game

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