Villanova at Tennessee

Saturday, October 27, 1945

Tennessee beat Villanova 33–⁠2. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayVillanova4–⁠4 in 1945
2
HomeTennessee8–⁠1 in 1945
33

FinalHigh 67°F, low 35°FAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL SCORES 1.

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 29, 1945, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES 1. Following are tho final football scores of games played over the weekend; West Washington, 13; use, T. Washington State 21; Idaho, O. California, l9; Nevada, G. Farragut Navy, 2l; Montana, 13. Midwest Ohio State, 20. Minnesota, ‘. Northwestern, 26; Purdue, IA. Notre Dame, 56; Iowa, O. Michigan, 19; Illinois, O. Missouri, 19; Nebraska, 0. Kansas, 13; Wichita, 0. Marquette, Is; Michigan State, l3 (tie). North Dakota State, SC; North Dakota, T East Navy, IA Penn, 2. Army, 48; Duke, 13 Princeton, l4; Rutgers. 6. Yale, 18; Cornell, T. Harvard, 25; c. G, Academy, 0. Holy Gross. 21: Colgate, 0. Columbia. 27; Brown, 6. Temple, 6; Pittsburgh, 0. Bucknell, 26; Lafayette, 2. Dartmouth, 8; Syracuse, 0. South Alabama. 28; Georgia, IA. Georgia Tech, 20 Auburn, ‘. Tennessee, 33; Villanova. 2. Tulane, 19; Southern Methodist, T. Virginia, 31; V. P. l., 13. Cincinnati, Is; Kentucky, T. West Virginia, 13; Maryland, 13. jtie) L.S.U., 30; Vanderbilt, T. Southwest Rice, ‘; Texas, 6. Oklahoma A. and M, 25; Texas 12. Arkansas, l9; Mississippi, 0. Texas A. and M, 19; Baylor, 0. Oklahoma, 4l;. Kansas State, 13. Rocky Mountain Region Utah, 2S; Colorado A, and M, 0. Denver, fl; Utah State, 6.

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)

Tennessee 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tennessee leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

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