George Washington at Georgetown

Saturday, October 28, 1939

Georgetown beat George Washington 7–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Georgetown led the series 5–⁠0.

AwayGeorge Washington5–⁠3 in 1939
0
HomeGeorgetown7–⁠0–⁠1 in 1939
7

FinalHigh 72°F, low 42°F, 0.03 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Lone Break Game Gets Georgetown Victory Over George Washington Win, Lose or Draw A Fellow Named MeIIendeck Was MISSING

    Evening star, October 29, 1939, page 30

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    Lone Break Game Gets Georgetown Victory Over George Washington Win, Lose or Draw A Fellow Named MeIIendeck Was MISSING Georgetown Washington onde when Tim swetts blocked the the officials eveng heavily machine hoping for successive failed distinguish itself against spectators otherwise out for the towns big college of the fine cool October hardly Ing except that Georgetown didn’t anybody like the backed roll 81 while penazed complete Hloppers fortunate Several times the vicinity Clark Griffith Meendeck the could advantage He also would make those forthcoming battles Virginia Maryland and New York University little a. Maryland 0-Anoher whiskers Frank Dobson whose caoue after the Virginia and Normally there would beaher schedule about this Maryland football exactly normal with Georgetown Washington Mr. Dobon what Clemson l5 Navy Full warning given Storm signals Annapolis Clemson had to their the crippled Tigers Mddies didn’t Clemson held o0 of the last quarter

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 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Georgetown leads 9–⁠3–⁠1 in 13 meetings, counting the eight since this game.

Recent meetings
1950George Washington 7, Georgetown 6
1949George Washington 28, Georgetown 7
1948George Washington 13, Georgetown 7
1947Georgetown 0, George Washington 0
1946Georgetown 18, George Washington 6
1942Georgetown 21, George Washington 0

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