South Carolina at Villanova
Friday, October 6, 1939 Share
Villanova beat South Carolina 40–0. It was their sixth meeting; Villanova leads the series 4–1–1.
FinalAttendance 25,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every South Carolina–Villanova gameVillanova leads 4–1–1 in six meetings.
Around this game
South Carolina
- Next gamevs. DavidsonOct. 13, 1939
- SeasonSouth Carolina in 1939
- ProgramSouth Carolina history and records
Villanova
- Next gamevs. Texas A&MOct. 14, 1939
- SeasonVillanova in 1939
- ProgramVillanova history and records

