George Washington at Wake Forest

Saturday, October 26, 1935

Wake Forest beat George Washington 7–⁠6. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwayGeorge Washington6–⁠3 in 1935
6
HomeWake Forest2–⁠7 in 1935
7

FinalHigh 73°F, low 32°F

In the newspapers

  • The 's story: Brietz Briefs

    , October 28, 1935

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    Brietz Briefs 81 EDDIE BRHETZ NEW YORK, Oct. 28.-P-Isnr It about time there was an upset IN the Big Ten?... Duke is think ing OF asking the C men To find out what’s wrong with its football team. Its supposed to De one or the six best in the country, but consecutive defeats BY Georgia Tech and Auburn have Wallace Wade talking In his sleep. wv. New York IS q long way from Durham, but local gazetteS spread Auburns victory all over the sports pages. &. That’s what kind OF an upset 10 was. -. Where has Elmer Layden been hiding all these backs ne trotted out against Navy? The other bronco busters are thanking their stars this cowboy” Robinson wasn’t in the rodeo... Saturday was a great day for the Stages. .Susquehanna. coached BY Alonzo Stagg. Jr. and Moravian. coached BY Paul Stagg. played a ~scoreleSs tie-just what their daddy asked for....Out on the coast the old mans Little Pacific eleven knocked off Nevada TO-. . Hunk Anderson has football at North Carolina State at q new high. All he has 70 do now Is beat North Carolina next Saturday ... State would rather be cham pion OF North Carolina than cham pion OF the Southern conference any day. Penn may need some Of those 81 points against Michigan this week. Elmer Layden says there are two classes or football coaches. VI. One worries is hours q day. The 9TH er has to play Ohio state and can’t sleep, so worries “a hours q day. Add upsets: Wake Forest beating George Washington. 7–⁠6... Genial Bill Spaulding Is the coasts new miracle man.. and how about the wav Marquette kicked the country’s highest scoring team about7 nmAn nth wnm~~ - 1900 81

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)

George Washington 67% to win. Wake Forest pulled the upset.

Wake Forest leads 9–⁠3 in 12 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
1954Wake Forest 14, George Washington 0
1951Wake Forest 27, George Washington 13
1950Wake Forest 13, George Washington 7
1948Wake Forest 27, George Washington 13
1947Wake Forest 39, George Washington 7
1942Wake Forest 20, George Washington 0

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