Villanova at Manhattan

Saturday, October 16, 1937

Villanova beat Manhattan 20–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Villanova led the series 4–⁠0.

AwayVillanova8–⁠0–⁠1 in 1937
20
HomeManhattan6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1937
0

FinalAttendance 18,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 20, 1937, page 14 (results column)

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    browsed idly through the football scores in his newspaper Sunday morn ing. This is the kind of stuff that leapt to DR.. ks eye: Carnegie Tech, 9; Notre Dame, Z. Syracuse, IA; Cornell. s. Oklahoma, 0; Nebraska. 0. Villanova, 20; Manhattan, 0. Fordham, 0; Pittsburgh, 0. T. C. u, Z; Texas A. and M, 7. Holy Cross, Z; Georgia, 6. What Price Form? ~TSK TSK” muttered the healer to : himself. What price form? What price undefeated and united teams? What price tincture Of nj trate?” and he banged the gong at his elbow to summon lowly inferno. Where is DR.. “a” he demanded, when the underling arrived by fast ambulance from the second floor. Operating in surgery j.” said the inferno. quite So” said DIR. \. ‘‘What do you know about foot ball yourself. doctor” Plenty” replied the bashful youth. How have we done so far this year,” well, Hopkins has lost to Lehigh by 80 to and to Washington College by 80 to o.”

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. Elo’s favorite won.

Villanova leads 8–⁠1 in nine meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1942Villanova 32, Manhattan 0
1941Manhattan 9, Villanova 6
1940Villanova 13, Manhattan 6
1939Villanova 7, Manhattan 0
1938Villanova 20, Manhattan 0
1937Villanova 20, Manhattan 0

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