Georgetown at New York University

Saturday, November 3, 1928

Georgetown beat New York University 7–⁠2. It was their first meeting; after it, Georgetown led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayGeorgetown8–⁠2 in 1928
7
HomeNew York University8–⁠2 in 1928
2

FinalAttendance 50,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Georgetown, Tigers and Michigan Turn Tables i'm Foot Ball

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 4, 1928, page 1 (results column)

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    Georgetown, Tigers and Michigan Turn Tables i’m Foot Ball GEORGETOWN, Michigan and Princeton pulled the unexpected in the big foot ball games OF yesterday. All we’re ‘underdogs,” but Georgetown beat New York Uni versity, 7 to 2: Michigan upset Illinois, 3 to 0, and Princeton tied Ohio State at all. Pregame opinion had made New York University, Illinois and Ohio State heavy favorltes. Northwestern also sprang somewhat of a surprise by down. ing Minnesota, 10 to 8. other leading games resulted as follows: Pitt, 18; Syracuse, 0. Notre Dame. 9: Penn State, 0. Yale, 18; Dartmouth, 0. Brown. 6; Holy Cross, 0. Wisconsin. Is; Alabama, 0. Virginia, 20; Washington and Lee, 13. =, Lafayette, 1S; Washington and jefferson, 13. Southern California, 10; Stan ford, 0. In games in which local teams, other than Georgetown figured, Gallaudet beat Shepherd College, 80 to 20: American University downed Bridgewater College, IL to 6: George Washington bowed to William and Mary. 0 to “a, and Maryland lost to Virginia Poly, 6 to Q.

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)

New York University 51% to win. Georgetown won as Elo’s underdog.

Georgetown leads 9–⁠4–⁠2 in 15 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.

Recent meetings
1949Georgetown 21, New York University 6
1948Georgetown 13, New York University 6
1947Georgetown 25, New York University 0
1946Georgetown 19, New York University 12
1940Georgetown 26, New York University 0
1939Georgetown 14, New York University 0

Around this game

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