Georgetown at Villanova

Saturday, November 21, 1931

Georgetown beat Villanova 13–⁠6. It was their fourth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 2–⁠2.

AwayGeorgetown4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1931
13
HomeVillanova4–⁠3–⁠2 in 1931
6

FinalAttendance 7,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington times's story

    The Washington times, November 23, 1931, page 20

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    Konrad, shortly afterward, was playing defensive right half for the TarS. The same play involving Travis as thrower and Mason as a receiver was called. Mason outSmarted Konrad, caught Ira Wis perfect pass, and another touchdown was registered for S. M. U. In a sense, it is unkind to bluntly place blame for touch down. However, it is a necessity in order to tell the whole story, really, Of Nays 13–⁠6 defeat. Samuels and Konrad both will learn from their errors of defense and, after all, Saturdays was only just another football game. Both Navy men should not take to heart any cenSure which might come their way. Both played fine football. and, perhaps, it was their greennesS, coupled with their fine aggressiveneSS, which caused their errors. Is Coming Star Incidentally. Samuels has developed astonishingly and bids fair to become a star Of the first magnitude. His play has improved to an unbelievable extent during these past seven weeks. Provided he does not take the wrong way reference to his error of Saturday he should offer a corking football game in each of Navy’S three tits. Konrad, an up-and-at-‘em tvpe Of player, Of definite value to the Navy team. probably will not take too seriously reference to mis-. er. ror. He. too, probably will uncork much fine play before the season Is over. Murray, an end, playing his first game for the Middies, made a very favorable impression in Saturdays game. Tuttle. leader Of the Navy, offered a truly great game. ‘‘‘-> Georgetown once again, and for the second time on successive Saturdays, came to the front with a victory. Provided Tommy Mills is left to work out the deStinieS Of the Blue and Gray, there is little doubt but that the Hoyas will come through in a most abb manner. The Villanova victory was well earned and

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 66% to win. Georgetown pulled the upset.

Villanova leads 7–⁠2 in nine meetings, counting the five 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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