Roanoke at Georgetown
Saturday, October 7, 1939 Share
Georgetown beat Roanoke 25–0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Georgetown led the series 4–0.
FinalHigh 87°F, low 53°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 8, 1939, page 26
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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)
Georgetown 91% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Roanoke–Georgetown gameGeorgetown leads 5–0 in five meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1940 | Georgetown 66, Roanoke 0 | |
| 1939 | Georgetown 25, Roanoke 0 | |
| 1938 | Georgetown 33, Roanoke 6 | |
| 1935 | Georgetown 16, Roanoke 0 | |
| 1934 | Georgetown 20, Roanoke 0 |
Around this game
Roanoke
- Next gameat VMISept. 14, 1940
- SeasonRoanoke in 1939
- ProgramRoanoke history and records
Georgetown
- Next gameat SyracuseOct. 14, 1939
- SeasonGeorgetown in 1939
- ProgramGeorgetown history and records
