Virginia at Swarthmore
Saturday, November 14, 1914 Share
Virginia beat Swarthmore 47–0. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–1.
Final
In the newspapers

Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, November 15, 1914, page 15
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA sWAMPs sWARTHMORE Scores Al Points, While Keeping Her Goal Line From Being Crossed by Quakers. GooCH AND WORD AGAIN STAR Former Able to Twist Out of Clutches OF Garnet Tacklers-B’ake Run Around End Features Contest. The University of Virginia swamped s snonr this afternoon by. the game the Southerncrs outclasscd their ( bury opponents. The way the German siege guns bat tered Rheims was u timid attack com pared to the way Virginia hammered the Swarthmore defense. When Swarthmorc had possession of the ball. which was seldom, and when the Quaker backs attempted 20 circle quickly and cleanly as If struck by a l2-inch Shell. Virginia to-day showed that she has a wonderful team, greatly which would now hold its own with any Eastern college. But Swarthmorc smiling. Virginia. apparently could have run up much higher score. but slowed Swarthmorc line into threads. They Seemed ed to sp be able to gain through the and Word being the chief ground gain ers for the virginians. Their running twist out Of the clutches of the a Carmel ct three and four IN t susces SION T 1iS’Y also showed succession of plays which had the Quakers completely baffed the cleverest play being a fake | had the ball and then dashed around | eft end for twenty yards for touch down. ..st s Swarth IN Won the toss and and y e. fell on the ball for Virginia. IN the | Gooch missed the goal. Score: Univer- s Spar Of kfekea & Mbo O. ! the ball back ten yards before he was 5hr9yTYn tSg nth the N next Play a nils ,.,r. fell on the ball. Swarthmore was held on downs, Spar. of Virginia. gained | grounded. Spar tore Off five yards around left end before he was dragged ldown.- Spar kicked to T. Cornog, who ran the ball back from his own ten yard. line to: midtield. Murch hit left guard guard for ,,,t fifteen yards Locke went ! Cornog lost a yard. CLINE tried goal from The ,feld from .YlrEinia’s thirty Gooeh went through. centre for forty !. E I aRar,sr ended: Score: Virginia. was dropped on swarthmores ten ten yard line. and on the next, play Mayer down. Barker Kicked goal. Score: oSMIn nl kicked ,,o Off to White. On Ward hit centre for twenty yards. swarthmore team for another M thp toue che down. Barker kicked his second goal score: Virginia, 90. swarthmore, o. Cline Kicked off to Coleman lem Who IS9”p ran the the ball back to midtield. On u for yards and Il touchdown. Barker kicked the goal. Score: Virginia, 81; Swarth- Mayer kicked off to Cline. who ran the ball back twenty yards. BY series Of line nlnnses Swarthmore advanced the ball nt to midasid but were held for swarthmore man fell on the ball 4 forward pass netted swarthmore ten another placing the bali on Virginia,s ehalkmark. but fumbed. ‘ e Wirgin, fes half over Score: Virginia. 81; swarth. !, Cline 81 ,. kicked, ana nd virginia ran it the ball to Swarthmore’s twenty five ! i was swarthmore’sT ball. NIurch was nog went around left end for forty yards swarthmore was held for downs. Spar hit centre for ten yards and re. the h bal to the fiye.ya I line, but IL was penalized for OFF side. Ward OF and went across for another touch down. Parker. missed the goal Score Virginia, “a; Swarthmoro. 0. Mayer kicked off to Cline, who tore OF twenty yards before he was downed. Cline punted to Virginla’s thirty line. stephens went In at right end for Swarthmore:. Calhoun went in for Moore. of Virginia. Mayer kicked to Swarthmoro’s forty-yard line, and Swarthmore returned tho kick to Vir- ginia’s twenty7yard line. Spar FUN ! hled the next play and 1t was Swarth- Sparrs hands, but he was thrown in t Ills tracks End OF third period. Score: Virginia, 80; Swarthmore. o. right end Spar punted to Swarthmore’s thtrty-fve-yard limo and Cline returned the punt to .Virginia’s forty yard line. Spar ran back to midfield. Burnett went in for Mayer, and circled. sSwarthmores end for twelve yards. !, HerkIey went In for GooohN and went
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 83% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Virginia–Swarthmore gameVirginia leads 2–1 in three meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1929 | Virginia 12, Swarthmore 7 | |
| 1914 | Virginia 47, Swarthmore 0 | |
| 1911 | Swarthmore 9, Virginia 8 |
Around this game
Virginia
- Next gamevs. North CarolinaNov. 26, 1914
- SeasonVirginia in 1914
- ProgramVirginia history and records
Swarthmore
- Next gameat BucknellOct. 9, 1915
- SeasonSwarthmore in 1914
- ProgramSwarthmore history and records
