Villanova at Tennessee
Saturday, October 27, 1945 Share
Tennessee beat Villanova 33–2. It was their only meeting on record.
FinalHigh 67°F, low 35°FAttendance 15,000
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, October 29, 1945, page 3 (results column)
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Villanova–Tennessee gameTennessee leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Villanova
- Next gameat ArmyNov. 3, 1945
- SeasonVillanova in 1945
- ProgramVillanova history and records
Tennessee
- Next gamevs. North CarolinaNov. 3, 1945
- SeasonTennessee in 1945
- ProgramTennessee history and records

