Villanova at Army
Saturday, November 3, 1945 Share
No. 1 Army beat Villanova 54–0. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Army led the series 10–1.
FinalHigh 64°F, low 48°F, 0.02 in. of rainAttendance 12,000
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 4, 1945, page 1
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Villanova–Army gameArmy leads 18–3 in 21 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.
| 2022 | Army 49, Villanova 10 | |
| 1977 | Army 34, Villanova 32 | |
| 1975 | Villanova 10, Army 0 | |
| 1960 | Army 54, Villanova 0 | |
| 1959 | Army 14, Villanova 0 | |
| 1958 | Army 26, Villanova 0 |
Around this game
Villanova
- Next gamevs. Boston CollegeNov. 10, 1945
- SeasonVillanova in 1945
- ProgramVillanova history and records
Army
- Next gamevs. Notre DameNov. 10, 1945
- SeasonArmy in 1945
- ProgramArmy history and records

