VMI at Virginia
Saturday, November 18, 1916 Share
Virginia beat VMI 20–7. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Virginia led the series 8–1.
FinalHigh 54°F, low 31°F
In the newspapers

The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., November 19, 1916, page 1
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TIGERS GAINED MOST Thurman Stars Charlottesville, Va. November Is. With the score standing at to 7 and but five minutes more to play, Virginia opened a slashing attack against the Virginia Military institute here this afternoon and scored two additional touchdowns, winning 20 to 7. Allen Thurman. varsitys star punter was at fullback in the game and did fine work. The feature of the game was the open field running of Left Halfback Bertchy of the cadets, who twice got away for 50-yard runs.
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 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every VMI–Virginia gameVirginia leads 53–23–2 in 78 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.
| 2013 | Virginia 49, VMI 0 | |
| 2010 | Virginia 48, VMI 7 | |
| 1991 | Virginia 42, VMI 0 | |
| 1987 | Virginia 30, VMI 0 | |
| 1985 | Virginia 40, VMI 15 | |
| 1984 | Virginia 35, VMI 7 |
Around this game
VMI
- Next gameat Virginia TechNov. 30, 1916
- SeasonVMI in 1916
- ProgramVMI history and records
Virginia
- Next gamevs. North CarolinaNov. 30, 1916
- SeasonVirginia in 1916
- ProgramVirginia history and records

