Wake Forest at VMI
Saturday, November 6, 1915 Share
VMI beat Wake Forest 21–6. It was their first meeting; after it, VMI led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 61°F, low 29°F, 0.01 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 7, 1915, page 59
Read the text
PLAY HARD-FoUGHT GAME. Virginia Military Institute Defeats Wake Forest, 81 to 6. LEXINGTON, Va. November 6.-virginia Military Institute today defeated Wake Forest, 81 to 8. in hard fought game. The Carolinians put up a plucky fight, although they were unable to cross the Cadets goal line UNI til the final period The yirginians used the forward pass to advantage. Their last score was made by a run of 20 yards by Harris for touchdown, which was the most sensational play of the game. The weather was ideal.
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)
VMI 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Wake Forest–VMI gameWake Forest leads 4–2–1 in seven meetings, counting the six since this game.
| 2022 | Wake Forest 44, VMI 10 | |
| 1944 | Wake Forest 38, VMI 7 | |
| 1943 | Wake Forest 21, VMI 0 | |
| 1942 | Wake Forest 28, VMI 0 | |
| 1938 | Wake Forest 6, VMI 6 | |
| 1921 | VMI 20, Wake Forest 0 |
Around this game
Wake Forest
- Next gamevs. GallaudetNov. 11, 1915
- SeasonWake Forest in 1915
- ProgramWake Forest history and records
VMI
- Next gamevs. ClemsonNov. 13, 1915
- SeasonVMI in 1915
- ProgramVMI history and records

