Auburn at George Washington

Saturday, October 21, 1933

George Washington beat Auburn 19–⁠6. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayAuburn5–⁠5 in 1933
6
HomeGeorge Washington5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1933
19

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington times's story: FOES Of G. v. AGAINST CUT Of Is PCT.

    The Washington times, District of Columbia, October 24, 1933, page 19

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    FOES Of G. v. AGAINST CUT Of Is PCT. Editors note-YeSterdGy Mr.. Costello explained the ignomIi1r. iouS position into 1Uhich George Washington University forced Auburn and Auburn’S coach, Chet Wynne, 1Ohen the Colonial officials permitted an “in1pertectly trained and developed football team” to oppose Glenn son College on october 13, 1Ohen G. w. had a top-tlight grid team on the SidelineS, lOhich team most critics agree could haze SnoWed Clemson under. After What WaS termed a “Scrub” G. w. team had been tied by Clemson, c.. WIS best eleUen, IS per cent stronger than the scrub outfit, defeated Auburn, 19 to 6. Auburn generally is rated a top-tlight team, far SLperior to Clemson. Today Mr.. Costello explains the opposition of major toemen of G. w. to the 20 and Is per cent rental cost of Griffith Stadium. COL lege teams pay 20 per cent OF the gross receipts OF game, plus park expense, for q grid contest staged at daytime, and pay rs per cent of the gross, plus park expense, for a game PLAYED at night.

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)

Auburn 64% to win. George Washington won as Elo’s underdog.

George Washington leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

Around this game

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