Virginia at Yale

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  Evening star, October 10, 1916, page 15

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  TO REBUILD VIRGINIA. Eleven Overwhelmed by Yale Likely to Have Big Changes. CHARLOTTESVILLE Va, October 1o.-virginia’s foot ball team. which encountered the Tad Jones steam roller Saturday. reported for practice yester day showing little effects of the strug gle. All the regulars were in place and there was every evidence that the players are not in the least downcast over the outcome Of the Yale game. The talk Of rebuilding the team already has begun and indications are that the eleven which faces Harvard November will show marked improvement. Taylor. clever halfback, who starred on the freshman team last fall, joined the squad yesterday. Only one change was made in the lineup of the varsity yesterday White returning to quarter and Darlington taking his place at left half

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  The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], October 8, 1916, page 14

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  Yale Eleven Smothers Virginia Footballers NEW HAVEN. Conn. Oct. s.-Yals simply smothered Virginia here yes terday. winning by a score OF 81 to 3. Back In 1894 Yale won from Tufts 81 to o. Not until yesterday have the Els scored sixty points against any opponent Yale, by using sixteen substitutes, made a new record by having twenty-seven players in a game. Virginia failed to make a single first down. The Southerners captured a tumble ball on Yales 20-yard line in the first minute OF play and Darlington booted a field goal. Ever after that Virginia was helpless. Yale gained $40 yards, $40 yards In the first half and $40 in the second. Aside from the one costly tumble giving Virginia her one chance. Yale handled the ball smoothly.

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.

Yale leads 3–⁠2–⁠1 in six meetings, counting the three since this game.