Auburn at Georgetown

Saturday, October 17, 1942

Auburn and Georgetown tied 6–⁠6. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayAuburn6–⁠4–⁠1 in 1942
6
HomeGeorgetown5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1942
6

FinalHigh 85°F, low 54°FAttendance 12,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Results Of Football Games Yesterday

    Evening star, October 18, 1942, page 34 (results column)

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    Results Of Football Games Yesterday Local. Georgetown, 6; Auburn 6. Virginia Military. 20; Maryland, o. East. Amherst, 6; Rochester, o. Lakehurst Naval Air Station, IA; Albright, o. Buffalo, so; Hartwick, 6. Brown, 7; Lafayette, 0. Boston College, 7; North Carolina Pre-Flight, g. Penn State, 0; Cornell (tie). Dickinson, IA; Washington and Jefferson, 6. Delaware, 13; Gettysburg, O.. Duke, “a; Colgate, o. Fordham, %; West Virginia, IA. Syracuse, 10; Holy Cross, 0. Dartmouth, IA; Harvard, 2. Lehigh 10; Penn Military, 0.

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)

Georgetown 54% to win.

Tied 0–⁠0–⁠1 in their only meeting.

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