Villanova at Temple

Saturday, November 8, 1941

Temple beat Villanova 14–⁠13. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Villanova led the series 7–⁠5.

AwayVillanova4–⁠4 in 1941
13
HomeTemple7–⁠2 in 1941
14

FinalHigh 54°F, low 42°FAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Stars Saturday

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 10, 1941, page 52 (results column)

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    Stars Saturday johnny Thompson, United States Coast Guard Academy quarterback Closed his collegiate career by scoring five. touchdowns. six extra points and field goal for total of 30 points while playing only y minutes in SO Edgar Special Delivery Jones, Pittsburgh halfba ack-Intercepte down and handled most of the kick ing and passing and much Of the run ming in Pitts 1870 upset over Ford ham. Anselo Bertelli, Notre, Dame half ~ yards, setting up all three Irish steve o JUNK aG for one nl’t Of them efy 70 LEAD the way in Notre Danes 2O-13 decision over Navy. Kit Kittrell. Baylor halfback-His 1s-yard pass to. Walt Coleman with II seconds to play brought Baylor a – standof with unbeaten and previously united Texas. Bill, Dudley. Virginia halfback- Scored two touchdowns. passed to third set up the fourth with run three extra points to lead his team to 81 victory over Washington and Derace Moser. Texas A. and M. halfback-Pitched two touchdown passes in final period to give the Ageies 21–⁠1O victory over Southern Methodist completing a total of IL aerials for POI yards and picking UP rs yards on his runs Blondy Black. Mississippi State half back-Scored both touchdowns. one on 75-yard gallop, which brought his team from behind in the third quarter TO down Auburn. IA to :. Bud Higgins Minnesota halfback- With a 1O-yard dash. he set up the games only touchdown as the Gophers blanked Nebraska, 8 to O. Tippy Madarik. Detroit halfback- Tossed his 10th touchdown pass of the season to help beat Marquette. T to g. Hank Zajkowski. Temple tackle Kicked both extra points which proved the margin of victory in 14–⁠13 victory over Villanova frankie Sinkwich. Georgia halfback Scored two touchdowns and kicked . field goal in 1873 win over Florida. Earl Williams. Kansas State half: Sc ssSFtAs g sosps. S:1 sSSss ssas

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.

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Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Temple 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Temple leads 16–⁠15–⁠1 in 32 meetings, counting the 20 since this game.

Recent meetings
2018Villanova 19, Temple 17
2017Temple 16, Villanova 13
2012Temple 41, Villanova 10
2011Temple 42, Villanova 7
2010Temple 31, Villanova 24
2009Villanova 27, Temple 24

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