Georgetown at Villanova

Saturday, November 22, 1930

Villanova beat Georgetown 13–⁠0. It was their third meeting; after it, Villanova led the series 2–⁠1.

AwayGeorgetown5–⁠5 in 1930
0
HomeVillanova5–⁠5 in 1930
13

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington times's story: P PHILADELPHIA SEESHOYAS

    The Washington times, District of Columbia, November 22, 1930, page 33

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    P PHILADELPHIA SEESHOYAS CONTINUED From Page y from Donohue to Gardner traveled As yards and sailed out of bounds. Terry was forced to kick. The quarter ended with the ball in midfield in George towns possession. Score at end of quarter: Georgetown. o. Villanova, 0. Second Quarter Scalzi tossed a forward to Gil. lis on Villanova’s 30-yard line. A second forward by Scalzi ground ed and it was Villanovas ball. A forward pass, Mclaughlin to Gardner, brought the ball exactly on the 50-yard line. An off-side by GEORGETOWN netted a 5-yard penalty. Another incomplete for ward set back Villanova five yards. Terry punted and Edwards downed the ball one foot from Georgetown’s goal. Scalzi drop, ped back 10 yards behind the goal line and punted out to the 25yard line, where Mclaughlin was downed. The ball was called back for ho,.ing by Villanova and given to Georgetown on the 10 yard line. An attempted run around right end by Mooney was Smeared for one-yard loss. Scalzi punted out of bounds on his 35-yard line. The teams then engaged in a punting duel. Once more Vii. lanova started. A perfectly executed forward, Donohue to High field, was good for a touchdown. It was made from the 35-yard line, and Highfield caught the ball on the run on Georgetown’s S 10-yard line, beat three George town men to the catch and eluded them by swift snake twist which sent him safely over the line. Gardner kicked the goal. Score: Villanova, 7; George town, 0. Hammond went in for Spark Plug” Trosky. Terry kicked off and the ball was brought back to mid-field as the half ended. Score at end of half: Villanova, 7; Georgetown, 0. Third Quarter Terry kicked off to Bozek. A forward was intercepted. Gard ner took a pass and raced over Georgetown’s line for a touch down. Donohue’s try for goal was blocked. score-villanova, 13; George town. 0. Terry’s kickoff was brought back to Georgetown’s 23.yard line by King. Bozek punted to Nc Laughlin on Villanova’s 28-yard line. Georgetown lost the ball on a tumble by King. A line buck and a lateral gained five yards for Villanova. Brickman was hurt on the lateral. Villanova was penalized Is yards for holding. Terry kicked out of bounds on Georgetown’s 45-yard line. A for ward pass, King to Hudson, was completed for a first down on Villanova’s 27-yard line as the third quarter ended. Score at end of third -Villanova, 10: Georgetown, 0. Fourth Quarter A forward pass by King was grounded. A forward pass. King to Bozek, went over the end zone for a touchback. Villano7a put the ball in play on their own 20-yard line. Terry punted to Georgetown’s 42-yard line. Bo- Gek’s punt was returned TO Vii lanova’s 3l-yard line. A 5-yard penalty for off-side brought he ball back to Villanova’s 25-yard line. Casey went in for Donoh &c and Trosky for Mclaughlin. Hlghflelds punt vas carried out Of bounds. BoZsks forward was battsd down and a l5-ya-d pen

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)

Villanova 54% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Villanova leads 7–⁠2 in nine meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1950Villanova 20, Georgetown 14
1949Villanova 29, Georgetown 14
1948Villanova 36, Georgetown 7
1947Villanova 14, Georgetown 12
1946Villanova 19, Georgetown 2
1931Georgetown 13, Villanova 6

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