VMI at Virginia

Saturday, November 18, 1916

Virginia beat VMI 20–⁠7. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Virginia led the series 8–⁠1.

AwayVMI4–⁠5 in 1916
7
HomeVirginia4–⁠5 in 1916
20

FinalHigh 54°F, low 31°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: TIGERS GAINED MOST Thurman Stars

    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.

Virginia leads 53–⁠23–⁠2 in 78 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.

Recent meetings
2013Virginia 49, VMI 0
2010Virginia 48, VMI 7
1991Virginia 42, VMI 0
1987Virginia 30, VMI 0
1985Virginia 40, VMI 15
1984Virginia 35, VMI 7

Around this game

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