George Washington at Fordham

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 7, 1928, page 1 (results column)

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  Upsets Feature Foot Ball Contests; ‘‘Big Three” Victors Foot ball yesterday was featured by the defeat of Michigan by Ohio Wesleyan. II to Z, a dis tinct upset; the second reverse of the season for Navy at the hands of Boston College, to 0, and Army’s stirring 14-to-13 victory over Southern Methodist. Among Washington teams, Georgetown beat Susquehanna, 88 to o; Catholic U. routed Amer ican u, 65 to O; Maryland lost a thriller to North Carolina, 26 to 19; Gallaudet bowed to Temple, 80 to O. and George Washington succumbed to Fordham, 20 to 0. All of the big Three” Yale, Princeton and Harvard, won their opening games by wide margins. Notable among the days contests was Wisconsin’s 22-to-6 win over Notre Dame in an engagement that was regarded as even prior to the battle.

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Fordham leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.