Davidson at Virginia
Saturday, September 30, 1916 Share
Virginia beat Davidson 14–0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Virginia led the series 5–0–1.
FinalHigh 62°F, low 42°F
In the newspapers

The Richmond Virginian, Richmond, Va., October 1, 1916, page 14
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VIRGINIA IS WINNER OVER DAVIDSON TEAM Charlottesville G idiro mis- s Have Hands Full in Defeating North Caroltnians. Charlottesville. Va. Sept. 30.-Virginia made a poor showing in her mi tial game today. defeating Davidson by only IL to o. Both touchdowns came in the first ten minutes of play. The frst was made possible by pretty runs by Darlington and White. the former carrying the ball across and the second on Gooch’s brilliant dash through tickle for half the length of the field. Honors went to the Pres bytertans throughout the second half. Once they placed the ball on Virginia’s fifteen yard line. Here Lawson tried field goal, but the ball went wide. Flower and Black were the stars for Davidson. L
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 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Davidson–Virginia gameVirginia leads 8–0–2 in 10 meetings, counting the four since this game.
| 1968 | Virginia 41, Davidson 14 | |
| 1962 | Virginia 34, Davidson 7 | |
| 1935 | Davidson 0, Virginia 0 | |
| 1921 | Virginia 28, Davidson 0 | |
| 1916 | Virginia 14, Davidson 0 | |
| 1909 | Virginia 11, Davidson 0 |
Around this game
Davidson
- Next gamevs. NC StateOct. 7, 1916
- SeasonDavidson in 1916
- ProgramDavidson history and records
Virginia
- Next gameat YaleOct. 7, 1916
- SeasonVirginia in 1916
- ProgramVirginia history and records

