Oglethorpe at Furman

Saturday, November 6, 1920

Furman beat Oglethorpe 42–⁠3. It was their second meeting; after it, Furman led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayOglethorpe4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1920
3
HomeFurman9–⁠1 in 1920
42

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 7, 1920, page 16

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    playing a dazzling array of forward passes, criss crosses and fake plays, Thurman university had little trouble defeating Oglethorpe university here today, 42 to 3. A remarkable pass of 70 yards, Rhame to McManaway, which netted one of the Furman’s touchdowns, and the brilliant work of Speer of Fur man, who made run of 70 yards from the kickoff, were the features of the game.

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)

Furman 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Furman leads 6–⁠1 in seven meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1938Furman 13, Oglethorpe 6
1927Furman 19, Oglethorpe 0
1926Oglethorpe 12, Furman 11
1923Furman 29, Oglethorpe 0
1922Furman 26, Oglethorpe 0
1920Furman 42, Oglethorpe 3

Around this game

Oglethorpe

Furman