Auburn at Villanova

Saturday, November 22, 1941

Auburn beat Villanova 13–⁠0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 3–⁠1–⁠2.

AwayAuburn4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1941
13
HomeVillanova4–⁠4 in 1941
0

FinalAttendance 12,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Leading Football Scores Yesterday

    Evening star, November 23, 1941, page 1 (results column)

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    Leading Football Scores Yesterday Scores in leading football games . played yesterday follow: Notre Dame, co. Southern Calf, 18 Minnesota, Al; Wisconsin, s. Michigan, 20; Ohio State, 20. Fordham, 35; st. Marys, 7. Harvard, Ia: Yale, O. Penn, 16; Cornell, 0. Navy. %; Princeton, 0. Colgate. 30: Columbia, 81. Army, T. West Virginia, S. Temple, 81; Holy Cross. l3. Auburn, 13; Villanova, 0. Penn State. 81: Pitt. 7. Lafayette, Al; Lehigh. 7. Northwestern, 27; Illinois, 0. Indiana. 7; Purdue, 0. Nebraska. ID: Iowa. Is Vanderbilt. 7: Alabama. 0. Georgia, 35; Dartmouth, o. Mississippi, 18; Arkansas, o.

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)

Villanova 69% to win. Auburn pulled the upset.

Auburn leads 4–⁠1–⁠2 in seven meetings, counting the one 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

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