Georgetown at Syracuse
Saturday, October 14, 1939 Share
Georgetown and Syracuse tied 13–13. It was their third meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–1–1.
FinalHigh 58°F, low 43°FAttendance 15,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 15, 1939, page 32
Read the text
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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 52% to win.
The series
Every Georgetown–Syracuse gameGeorgetown leads 2–1–1 in four meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1940 | Georgetown 28, Syracuse 6 | |
| 1939 | Georgetown 13, Syracuse 13 | |
| 1927 | Syracuse 19, Georgetown 6 | |
| 1926 | Georgetown 13, Syracuse 7 |
Around this game
Georgetown
- Next gameat BucknellOct. 21, 1939
- SeasonGeorgetown in 1939
- ProgramGeorgetown history and records
Syracuse
- Next gameat DukeOct. 21, 1939
- SeasonSyracuse in 1939
- ProgramSyracuse history and records

