Villanova at Temple
Saturday, November 12, 1938 Share
No. 19 Villanova beat Temple 20–7. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Villanova led the series 6–3.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 46°F
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, November 14, 1938, page 5
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Vi|IanOva Adds To Grid Laure|S Wildcats Remain in Undefeated Class by Beat ing Temple Univ. PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. a. Clipper Smiths Villanova Wildcats remained in the undefeated class by showing over three touchdowns in the first half of Saturday after Moons game to beat the arch city rivals, Temple, by score of 20 to 7.

Evening star, November 14, 1938, page 33 (results column)
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Sectional Titles Only at Stake In Big Ti|ts Grown Decisions Due In Big Six, Big Ten, Maybe on Coast NEW YORK, Nov 14-Theres a lull in the football storm this week. just before the final Thanksgiving Day blast, and the teams that retanned their championship aspirations over the past week end appear in good positions to keep them an other week. Only Dartmouth. beaten, 14–7, by Cornell; Iowa State, tied 1913, by Kansas State. and Santa Clara, nipped, TO, by St. Mary’s, were removed from the list of undefeated and united major teams over the week end. The survivors were: East-Georgetown, Villanova (tieO. Boston College (tiedD. MidWest-Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Western Reserve, Iowa State (tie6. South-Tennessee, Duke (also unscored on. Southwest-Texas Christian, Texas Tech. Far West-Utah (tied twice.. Loop Titles Still at Stake. All but Tennessee and Western Reserve play next Saturday, but so many of their beaten, but still mighty opponents will be idle that no clear picture of the national title situation will emerge until after Thanksgiving. Up for definite decision, however. are the Big Ten and Big Six conference championships and the dead locked Pacific Coast race may be settled. Surveying the present situation by sections: East. Georgetown hasn’t played as diff cult schedules as teams like Pitt or Fordham, so its title claims remain clouded The Hoyas neatly knocked off an old rival West Virginia, 14–0, last Saturday and tackle Maryland. the “pushover” of the Southern Con. ference, next. Boston College didn’t gain much prestige in Fridays 21–14 victory over Boston u. and now faces little St. Anselm unbeaten and united in its class Villanova, 20–7 winner over Temple, plays Boston U. Cornell went up fully as far as Dartmouth went down when the Big Red team triumphed and the vic tory virtually clinched “Ivy League. laurels for Cornell unless it slips against Penn Thanksgiving. Yale, Harvard Renew Old Feud. The traditionally great Yale-Harward game. which bears only upon the Big Three title, is this weeks Eastern headliner, although Yale took 20–7 drubbing from Princeton, while the Crimson was warming up with a 40-l3 victory over Virginia. Syracuse. walloped 21–0 by Dukes great team. and Columbia. 14–9 VIC tim of Navy, meet in another ira ditional scrap, as do Lafayette and Lehigh. Pitts Panthers. who helped them selves to 1870 decision over Ne braska without Marshall Goldberg’s aid. took on an ancient enemy, Penn State, which tied Penn. TT. Army. after 34–13 win over Chattanooga, returns to major action against Princeton. Carnegie, 21–0 winner over Duquesne, and Holy Cross, 14–12 victor over Brown, are among the idle teams. Fordham, held to a scoreless tie by North Carolina, takes on South Carolina. Middle West. From the national viewpoint, NorthWestern-Notre Dame is the big game, but the battle between Wis consin and Minnesota is the Big Ten headliner. With the confer ence season closing. the winner will get the title. If they tie, Ohio State. victorious over Illinois. 32–14. can take the crown by defeating Michigan, which battled Northwestern to a scoreless draw. Oklahoma virtually sewed up the Big Six title by whipping Missouri, 21–0, while Iowa State was being tied by Kansas State. but the sit uation can be altered suddenly if Iowa State should win their wind up game Saturday. Michigan State, 20–14 winner over Marquette, meets Temple, and Detroit, TO victor over North Carolina State, plays Tulsa in the best intersectional tilts. Southwest. Texas Christian, which trimmed Texas, 28–6, for its fourth straight conference victory, and Rice, jolted out of a contending position when (See FULL LERTON. Page C-20
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Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Villanova 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Villanova–Temple gameTemple leads 16–15–1 in 32 meetings, counting the 23 since this game.
| 2018 | Villanova 19, Temple 17 | |
| 2017 | Temple 16, Villanova 13 | |
| 2012 | Temple 41, Villanova 10 | |
| 2011 | Temple 42, Villanova 7 | |
| 2010 | Temple 31, Villanova 24 | |
| 2009 | Villanova 27, Temple 24 |
Around this game
Villanova
- Next gameat Boston UniversityNov. 19, 1938
- SeasonVillanova in 1938
- ProgramVillanova history and records
Temple
- Next gameat Michigan StateNov. 19, 1938
- SeasonTemple in 1938
- ProgramTemple history and records

