Georgetown at George Washington

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 24, 1940, page 1 (results column)

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  Gridiron Graphics PRINCETON, N. j., Nov. 23.-R) Army football team had the and the will to win today, but Princeton had Dave Allerdice, and Dave Allerdice had a right arm, and the right arm pitched enough strikes to carry the Tigers to a rs to 10 victory in a game which kept 5000 fans alternately doing and in screaming frenzy. NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-P-The Columbia football Lion ate his old est jinx today and enjoyed the din ner immensely. For 20 years, the Lion had been trying to work on Colgate’s Red Raiders. And for ~ years., he had failed to satisfy his appetite. Today, he finally made 1t. With $4,000 spectators sitting in the Lions twice came from behind, took advantage of every break, and nipped the Red Raiders from the Chenango 20 to II. EVANSTON, ILL.,, Nov. 23.-P- Northwestern’s Wildcats, with blond Bill deCorrevont giving the greatest performance of his collegiate gridiron r handed Notre Dame a de cisive 20 to 0 licking before 4S,ooo spectators at Dyche stadium today Northwestern, in closing it’s season with a six victory in eight games, held the upper hand throughout the duel. scoring once in the seconc period and twice in the third. And it was ~deCorrevont, the most highly publicized prep player in the nation in 1887, who vas the principal cog in the powerful Northwestern attack which kept the Irish back on their heels most of the afternoon. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-R- Georgetown’s hefty Hoyas downee the George Washington Colonials 8 to 0 today in the capitals an nual city classic. E, For three periods, the mucf lighter Colonials held the Hoya: s%coreless, but in the third period with less than a minute to go Ben Bulvin stood on George Wash ington’s % and passed to TAX Kopcik, on the 7 and Mike took l over. Augio Lio’s kick for the extra point was no good. Throwing caution to the wind II the fourth George Washington triee a pass deep in its own territory and the play ended up in a satet, for, Georgetown. ATLANTA, Nov. 23-R-Now lei the frosts come and the tourists al 90 to California. Who cares? Mo- Florida’s football fans, because their beloved university today completed it’s first full conquest Of neighboring Georgia by trouncing Georgia Tech, 1877. PROVIDENCE, R. l., Nov. 23- R-Dartmouth’s uplifted Indians, hardened by their conceded” vic tory over once-mighty Cornell, displayed new fire and dash today as they wound up their season by trouncing Brown, 20–⁠6, before a drenched crowd Of $1,000. While

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