Centre at Villanova

Saturday, October 15, 1938

Villanova beat Centre 35–⁠6. It was their first meeting; after it, Villanova led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayCentre1–⁠2 in 1938
6
HomeVillanova8–⁠0–⁠1 in 1938
35

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: WYSOCKI WHOLE SHOW

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 16, 1938, page 30

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    WYSOCKI WHOLE SHOW Scores Three Times as Villanova Buries Centre, 35 to 6. PHILADELPHIA. Oct. IS (P.- Johnny Wysocki put on a one-man show today to lead Villanova’s undefeated Wildcats to their third straight victory. a 35-to-6 triumph over Centre College. The big senior end from Wilkes Barre. Pa. thrilled a crowd of nearly 10000 at Shibe Park as he Tailed three touchdowns and helped smother Gen. tres running attack.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BAIL Ml REISSUE IFS nr

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 17, 1938, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BAIL Ml REISSUE IFS nr The following are results Of prin- cipal football games played last Sat urday afternoon on the gridirons throughout the Nation: Washhl ton State 6; Southern California 19. Texas Christian S4; Texas A and M 6. Texas Tech. 1S- Montana 12. Gcn5aga 12; Idaho 26 U.CL.A. ‘: California 20. Brigham Young T; Utah 2, tie. Princeton 13; Penn. 0. Holy Cross 6; Carnegie Tech. T. Colgate F; Columbia 0. North Carolina ‘; N.Y.U. o. Purdue 6: Fordham 6, tie. Brown 13; dartmouth 34. Wash. Jeff. 0; Lafayette 27. Rochester 6; Amherst Al. Navy ‘; Yale 9. Army 20; Harvard IF. Connecticut 0; Maine 13. Williams 0; Bowdoln IA. Illinois 6; Notre Dame IA. Pittsburgh 26; Wisconsin 6. Indiana O: Nebraska o, tie. Cornell IT; Syracuse 19. Georgia Tech. 0; Duke 6. Mich. State 26; w. Virginia 0. Oklahoma 19; Kansas 0. Michigan G. Minnesota ‘. Iowa State 16 Missouri 13. Tennessee 13: Alabama o. Northwestern 0; Ohio State 0, tie Penn State 59; Lehigh 6. Centre 6; Villanova 35. Centenary o; Baylor IA Iowa 27; Chicago IA. Rice IT; Tulane 26. Texas 6; Arkansas 42. Remover 12; Indiana State 6. Mississippi T; Vanderbilt 13. Texas Tech 19; Montana 13. Washington 6; Oregon State l3. oregon 16; Stanford 27.

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 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Villanova leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1941Villanova 38, Centre 3
1938Villanova 35, Centre 6

Around this game

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