Villanova at Army

Saturday, September 25, 1943

Army beat Villanova 27–⁠0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Army led the series 8–⁠1.

AwayVillanova5–⁠3 in 1943
0
HomeArmy7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1943
27

FinalHigh 59°F, low 46°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Army Uses Pass Attack To Whip Villanoua, 27-0

    The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., September 26, 1943, page 8

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    Army Uses Pass Attack To Whip Villanoua, 27–⁠0 WEST POINT, N. Y, Sept. Is -R-The U. S. Military Academy eleven opened the defense of a stubborn Villanova football team with sharp passing attack in the second half today and streaked to ITO triumph in the Cadets opening game. The Army could score but once IN the first half and then only “hen Villanova reverse was messed up in mid-field and the

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)

Army 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Army leads 18–⁠3 in 21 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.

Recent meetings
2022Army 49, Villanova 10
1977Army 34, Villanova 32
1975Villanova 10, Army 0
1960Army 54, Villanova 0
1959Army 14, Villanova 0
1958Army 26, Villanova 0

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