Thiel at Fordham

Saturday, September 26, 1931

Fordham beat Thiel 28–⁠0. It was their second meeting; Fordham leads the series 2–⁠0.

AwayThiel0–⁠1 in 1931
0
HomeFordham6–⁠1–⁠2 in 1931
28

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: Records Show Two Upsets In Eastern Games

    Imperial Valley press, September 28, 1931, page 3 (results column)

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    Records Show Two Upsets In Eastern Games NEW YORK. Sept. 28 U.P) = Waynesburg’s to defeat of Penn State and Lehigh’s IL to 7 licking at the hands of Ursinus were the only real upsets in Saturdays East ern College football play. The East’s major eleven won by convincing margins. Columbus showed a genuine drive in whipping Middlebury 81 to 0, while Army worked powerfully in running roughshod over Ohio Nor thern 60 to 0. The So points Cornell scored against Clarkson Tech are all the more impressive when you remember Cornell played without the services of Bart Viviano, star halfback Dartmouth smothered Norwich Sc to 6, thanks to the brilliant work OF half a dozen or so sophomores. N. Y. U. showed smashing attack and a stonewall defense in blank ing Hobart IS to 0. While Fordham, minus nearly all of its 1880 greats, showed much promise in defeating Thiel, 28 to 0.

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)

Fordham 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Fordham leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings.

Recent meetings
1931Fordham 28, Thiel 0
1929Fordham 40, Thiel 7

Around this game

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