Wake Forest at VMI

Saturday, November 6, 1915

VMI beat Wake Forest 21–⁠6. It was their first meeting; after it, VMI led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayWake Forest3–⁠4 in 1915
6
HomeVMI6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1915
21

FinalHigh 61°F, low 29°F, 0.01 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: PLAY HARD-FoUGHT GAME. Virginia Military Institute Defeats Wake Forest, 81 to 6.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 7, 1915, page 59

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    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.

Wake Forest leads 4–⁠2–⁠1 in seven meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
2022Wake Forest 44, VMI 10
1944Wake Forest 38, VMI 7
1943Wake Forest 21, VMI 0
1942Wake Forest 28, VMI 0
1938Wake Forest 6, VMI 6
1921VMI 20, Wake Forest 0

Around this game

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