Sewanee at Washington and Lee
Friday, September 26, 1941 Share
Sewanee beat Washington and Lee 20–19. It was their third meeting; after it, Sewanee led the series 2–1.
FinalHigh 79°F, low 55°F
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, September 29, 1941, page 5 (results column)
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FOOT BALL @ lA{3SW{2 IFS Mn The following are final scores or important football games played last Saturday afternoon: Dartmouth 35; Norwich 0. Brown 20; Wesleyan 6. Colgate 66; St. Lawrence O. Westminster 19; Carnegie Tech 13. West Virginia 13; Waynesburg ‘. Michigan State T; Wisconsin 19. Ohio State 12; Missouri 2. Virginia 25; LaFayette 0. Kentucky 37; Virginia Poly Tech 11. Notre Dame 38; Arizona ‘. Detroit IA; Indiana T. Duke 43; Wake Forest 14. Navy 34; William and Mary 0. Vanderbilt 3; Purdue 0. Georgia 81; Mercer 0. South Carolina l3; North Caro- lima 2. Georgetown 16; Mississippi 6. Temple 3l; Kansas g. Sewanee 20; Washington and Lee 19. Syracuse 39; Clarkson 0. New Mexxico 12; Arizona State 6. Iowa State T; Denver 6. Montana 20; Brigham Young V. Loyola 20 Redlands 0. Wyoming 19; Greeley State 6. Willamette 53; College of Idahe 0. San Diego State 6; Pomona 0. Alabama AT; Southwestern Loui- siana 6. Clemson 36; Virginia Military 2. Texas Christian 6; Tulsa 0. Iowa State 25; Drake 8,
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)
Washington and Lee 57% to win. Sewanee won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Sewanee–Washington and Lee gameTied 2–2 in four meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 2022 | Washington and Lee 44, Sewanee 0 | |
| 1941 | Sewanee 20, Washington and Lee 19 | |
| 1940 | Sewanee 25, Washington and Lee 13 | |
| 1939 | Washington and Lee 9, Sewanee 0 |
Around this game
Sewanee
- Next gamevs. DavidsonOct. 11, 1941
- SeasonSewanee in 1941
- ProgramSewanee history and records
Washington and Lee
- Next gamevs. KentuckyOct. 4, 1941
- SeasonWashington and Lee in 1941
- ProgramWashington and Lee history and records