South Carolina at Villanova

Friday, October 6, 1939

Villanova beat South Carolina 40–⁠0. It was their sixth meeting; Villanova leads the series 4–⁠1–⁠1.

AwaySouth Carolina3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1939
0
HomeVillanova6–⁠2 in 1939
40

FinalAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    Imperial Valley press, California, October 8, 1939, page 2 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES Wake Forest 33, Miami 0. Villanova 40. South Carolina 0. Boston College 20, st. Joseph 6. Drake 13, Grinnell 0. Kansas State 3, Marquette O.. Texas Aggies 7, Santa Clara 3. San Diego State 10, Occidental g. College Of Pacific 13, Loyola 13 Citrus Union JC 6, Ell Centro JC

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 83% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Villanova leads 4–⁠1–⁠1 in six meetings.

Recent meetings
1939Villanova 40, South Carolina 0
1938South Carolina 6, Villanova 6
1936Villanova 14, South Carolina 0
1934Villanova 20, South Carolina 0
1933Villanova 15, South Carolina 6
1932South Carolina 7, Villanova 6

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