Randolph Macon at Virginia

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  The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., October 8, 1911, page 43

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  VIRGINIA TEAM TRIES ALL KINDS OF PLAYS Defeats Randolph Macon Eleven by Score of 81 to o. PROVES STRONG ON ATTACK Game Played on Gridiron Soak ed With Water and in Drench- ing Downpour special TO Il ne i1meS-DlbpdtCh.I Charlottesville. Va, October T.-On a gridiron soaked with rain and mud. and In a drenching downpour during part of the contest Virginia defeated Randolph Macon College this after noon. 81 to o. just two moro points than were rolled UP against the Methodists last year on dry neld. Six touchdowns accounted for the total 3n forty minutes of play, but only one could be converted into goal, because of the wet ball. Carter, Todd and Davidson each tried their hand. In three attempts. Todd booted the pigskin between the up rights once. Virginia tried a little OF everything on the attack. forward passes and end runs, straight line bucks. and once scailed upon Carter, the 2l5-pound centre. to carry the ball. Despite the uncertain foothold. the men put Up a fast game. that COM pletely demoralized the visitors. Two touchdowns were made in the first quarter, and two in the last, when sew eral substitutes were run in. Rand lph-Macon played plucky game throughout and on at least three occasions. forced Virginia to surrendcd the ball on downs. in the shadow of their goal. Only once could the visi J’u1lback Hopkins, after fumbling a pass. picked the ball up and ran TWEEN ty yards around Virginia’s right end. Virginia. Position. RIM Bowen ....... left end. Vaughan (Walker) Davidson left tackle. -. Copeley Jett ...... left guard. Chapman (Barrow) Wood ....... centre. ....... Deshazo Dyerle) Carter right guard $50. Jordan &C. Woodhouse) Voolfolk. fright tackle. woodhouse l’inlay fright end. Wray (Smith) Gooch quarterback. 800. Bane (Landes) Todd 800. left half back. .... Ives Goodhue. right half back. =. Blount (Walter) Farrell -. full back ... Hopkins Touchdowns--Todd. 4; Gooch. Far rell. Goals from touchdowns-Todd Referee, Warner. Umpire Jones Field Judge, Elliott Head linesman, Hume. Tina perIoda tep r,tpu<ac

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  The Washington herald, October 8, 1911, page 36

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  RANDOLPH MACON LOSES TO VIRGINIA Yancey’s Eleven Makes Good Showing OH Wet Field. Charlottesville, Va, Oct. University of Virginia’s football eleven played through forty minutes of constant down pour against Randolph Macon on Lam beth Field here to-day, but in spite OF unfavorable conditions, scored a decisive victory by 81 to O. Last season the same teams met and cally the same that was presented in to-day’s game. The day was highly adaptable to the sport, but the best Virginia could do was four touchdowns and a single goal. Under adverse conditions to-day’s score was nothing short of remarkable and speaks we’ll for the efforts of Coach Yancey and his corps Of assistants thus far. One of the six touchdowns scored was the result of a fUke. The others were all well earned, coming after fierce line plunging. a Sc ries of successful forward passes. and clever end runs. Those who watched the game from the side lines expressed themselves as confident that under ia vorable weather conditions the score would have been doubled. On several occasions the Virginia backs worked the ball within a few yards of the goal line, only to lose it on a tumble. AS in last weeks game. Gooch and Todd were the individual stars. Landes, who succeeded the former in the latter stages Of the game, and Smith, another Lawrenceville product, who took Fin lays place at right end in the last few minutes of play, made favorable i’m pressions. The Iine-up and summary.

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Virginia leads 20–⁠0–⁠1 in 21 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.