Roanoke at Georgetown

Saturday, October 7, 1939

Georgetown beat Roanoke 25–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Georgetown led the series 4–⁠0.

AwayRoanoke0–⁠2 in 1939
0
HomeGeorgetown7–⁠0–⁠1 in 1939
25

FinalHigh 87°F, low 53°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Georgetown George Washington and Catholic H. Easily Win Games Here Roanoke Is Drubbed by Hoyos, $50; CoIonioIs, Making Bow, Top Dovis-EIkins, 1910

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 8, 1939, page 26

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    Georgetown George Washington and Catholic H. Easily Win Games Here Roanoke Is Drubbed by Hoyos, $50; CoIonioIs, Making Bow, Top Dovis-EIkins, 1910 Local collegiate footballs blue vovng and George Washington outfits yesterday Griffith athletic Hoa heacked Roanoke College 25o and the Coonals Ekns 1870 Georgetown George Washington stuck to straight football neither desiring pressve admittedly freely. The Coonials making their debut pulled the second half after the Senators had held half while ediocriy complete The twin bill though, both Employed the medium bathers the double header smoothly probably will be the chnnls

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.

Georgetown leads 5–⁠0 in five meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1940Georgetown 66, Roanoke 0
1939Georgetown 25, Roanoke 0
1938Georgetown 33, Roanoke 6
1935Georgetown 16, Roanoke 0
1934Georgetown 20, Roanoke 0

Around this game

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