Auburn at Villanova

Saturday, November 5, 1938

Villanova beat Auburn 25–⁠12. It was their third meeting; after it, Villanova led the series 1–⁠0–⁠2.

AwayAuburn4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1938
12
HomeVillanova8–⁠0–⁠1 in 1938
25

Final0.13 in. of rainAttendance 17,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 7, 1938, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES The following are final scores oI principal football games played on the Nations gridiron last Saturday afternoon: Idaho 6; Oregon l9. Southern California 13; Califor- mia ‘. Washington 10; Stanford ‘. , U.C.L.A. 21: Washington State O.. Denver G. New Mexico Univ. ‘. Utah 0: Colorado 0, tie. Texas A. & M. T; So. Methodist lO. Centenary 6; Arizona ‘. Miss. State T; Louisiana State 32. Notre Dame IS; Navy 0. Penn IS; Michigan 19. Princeton IS; Rutgers 2O Temple 0; Holy Cross B. Franklin Marshall 12; Army 20. Virginia 0; Columbia 39. Lafayette T; Penn State o. Tulane 0; Alabama 3. Wisconsin 20; Northwestern 13. Ohio 20; Miami 12. Kentucky IS; Georgia Tech 19. Sewanee 0; Vanderbilt IA. Wake Forest 6; Virginia Military Institute G. (Tie) Iowa O; Minnesota 28. Chicago 13 Harvard AT. Indiana 0; Boston College IA. Purdue 12; Ohio State o. Auburn 12; Villanova 25. Colgate O; Syracuse ‘. Brown IA; Yale 20 North Carolina State O; Man hattan g. St. Mary’s 0; Fordham 3. Lehigh 0; New York 45. Dickinson 6; Dartmouth A. Carnegie Tech 20; Pittsburgh TO- Drake O; Iowa State IA. Rice 3: Arkansas 0. Michigan State o; Mississippi 6. Nebraska 16; Kansas ‘. Texas College 21; Tulsa 0. Kansas State IA; Oklahoma 26. Baylor IA; Texas State 3. Washington and Lee 0; Centre

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 6, 1938, page 26 (results column)

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    also by 80 count. Utah State won from Brigham Young by the same method and score. The wave of form reversals failed to affect such leaders as Tennessee, Dartmouth, Notre Dame. Oklahoma, and Texas Christian while Duke, undefeated and unscored upon, remained idle. Notre Dame easily swept past Navy, $50; Oklahoma continued its march toward the Big Six crown by whipping Kansas State, 26–⁠0; Texas Christian toppled Tulsa, 21–⁠0; Tennessee pushed over Chattanooga, $50, and Dartmouth toyed with Dickinson, AS. Iowa State, Western Reserve, Boston College and Villanova also maintained their unbeaten status. Iowa State topped Drake. 14–⁠0; Western Reserve edged out West Virginia, TO; Boston Col lege ripped through Indiana, 40, and Villanova trounced Auburn, 25–⁠12. Harvard and Columbia contributed intersectional victories for the East. the former spotting Chicago two touchdowns and then winning. 47–⁠13, while CO. lumbia trounced Virginia, $50. Furman, Of the Southern Conference, tripped Marshall, 1918. PENIS last-period drivd at Ann Arbor failed to overtake Michigan’s early lead and the Wolverines won, 1913. Holy Cross passing attack buried Temple under q $50

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 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Auburn leads 4–⁠1–⁠2 in seven meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1942Auburn 14, Villanova 6
1941Auburn 13, Villanova 0
1940Auburn 13, Villanova 10
1939Auburn 10, Villanova 9
1938Villanova 25, Auburn 12
1937Villanova 0, Auburn 0

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