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Villanova at Auburn

Saturday, December 7, 1940

Auburn beat Villanova 13–⁠10. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 2–⁠1–⁠2.

AwayVillanova4–⁠5 in 1940
10
HomeAuburn6–⁠4–⁠1 in 1940
13

FinalHigh 53°F, low 40°FAttendance 6,500

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BAIL @ 5a{3SW{2 IFS Nn

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, December 9, 1940, page 7

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    FOOT BAIL @ 5a{3SW{2 IFS Nn The following are scores of fina football games played last Satuf- day afternoon: Notre Dame 10; Southern Cali fofnia 6. Texas Tech 23; University of Sar Francisco 21. Auburn 13; Villanova 10. Morris Brown 28; Kentucky Statt 6. Rice 6; Southern Methodist T. Texas 26; Florida 0. South Carolina 3l; Citadel 6.

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)

Auburn 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Villanova–Auburn game

Auburn leads 4–⁠1–⁠2 in seven meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1942Auburn 14, Villanova 6
1941Auburn 13, Villanova 0
1940Auburn 13, Villanova 10
1939Auburn 10, Villanova 9
1938Villanova 25, Auburn 12
1937Villanova 0, Auburn 0

Around this game

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