Villanova at Army

Saturday, November 3, 1945

No. 1 Army beat Villanova 54–⁠0. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Army led the series 10–⁠1.

AwayVillanova4–⁠4 in 1945
0
Home1Army9–⁠0 in 1945
54

FinalHigh 64°F, low 48°F, 0.02 in. of rainAttendance 12,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: N. c. State Downs Virginia Tech, 60 Army Massacres Villanova cats. $40 Catawba Scores Triumph Over Eastern Kentucky

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 4, 1945, page 1

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    N. c. State Downs Virginia Tech, 60 Army Massacres Villanova cats. $40 Catawba Scores Triumph Over Eastern Kentucky RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 3.-(P)- Catawba scored in the second and third periods today to defeat East ern Kentucky’s Maroons, 1870, on a field still wet from last nights rain. Fullback Bill Greene scored both touchdowns for the visitors, one on lunge from the courtyard line and the other on a drive from the three. The first Indian score came after long pass, Charlie Gabriel to Fred Fisher, was intercepted by Sherroaum of Eastern Kentucky, who fumbled on the 20 and Catawba recovered. Greene picked up five yards and an offside penalty against the Maroons gave Catawba a first down on the 10. Gabriel pick ed up one yard and Greene five more before the latter tried again for the touchdown.

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 88% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Army leads 18–⁠3 in 21 meetings, counting the 10 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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