Marquette at Villanova

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 5, 1946, page 11 (results column)

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  |InferseciionaI Game, Take Top Billing. on |Today’s Grid Card NEW YORK, Oct. 5.AProof that the college football season is well under way is seen in today’s card, which is literally sprinkled with sectional classics. However, for those whose view embraces the Nation as q whole, there are some attractive tntersectional contests, the standout being the clash between Dana Bibles mighty Texas squad and the Okla homa Aggies. The Aggies have not been beaten In 81 games, including two bowl contests, although they were tied last week by outplayed Arkansas. Two good East-West tilts are Boston College and Michigan State and Detroit at Holy Cross. Ohio State, held to an unexpected tie by Missouri, meets Southern Califormia in the headliner on the West Coast. Michigan Meets Iowa. Michigan ana Iowa, two Of last weeks winners in the wide-open scramble for the Big Nine title, meet an Ann Arbor in the Mid VESTS outstanding attraction. Other conference battles pit Illinois and Purdue, Minnesota and Indiana and Northwestern and Wisconsin. Notre Dame has little to fear In its contest with Pittsburgh. In the Big Six opener Kansas State visits Nebraska. Others on the Midwest card are Kansas Wichita and Iowa State Iowa State Teachers. Tennessee engages Duke In the South’s leading game, while Ala bama takes on South Carolina. In the Southeastern Conference the pairings are Louisiana State-Mississippi State, Vanderbilt Mississippi and Tulane-Florida. In the Rocky Mountain area Colo RADIO Aggies- Wyoming, Arizona-Utaf and Utah State-C colorado are the biz offerings, while on the coast Sar Francisco and Stanford, U. G. L. A. Washington and Idaho Washington State get top billing a1ssrsSl Princeton Faces Brown. The Easts Ivy League teams an generally engaged against outsid. competition, although Princeton meets Brown within the group Pennsylvania,. rated the potentia Eastern champion, figures to have an opening day romp with Lafay. ette. Dartmouth tangles with Syracuse, Yale meets Colgate and Harward faces Tufts. Army for the second week viii have to get along without Dor Blanchard in its contest with Cor. nell. Navy and Columbia, both unimpressive in last weeks openers meet in New York, and Penn State opens with Buckneu. The Friday night fans saw some thrillers In st. Louis 1914 win over Missouri, Villanova’s 26–⁠13 defeat o1 Marquette and Denver’s 26–⁠13 vic. tory over Brigham Young. In an intersectional match al Philadelphia Georgia uncorked 6 second half offensive to overpowel Temple, 35–⁠7. North Carolins blanked Miami, 21–⁠0.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, October 5, 1946, page 3 (results column)

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  E g & q sEEAs- -&Ssz6I 99azz& Gz@o FOOTBALL | SCORES The following are scores of foot ball games played Friday after noon or night: Missouri 19; St. Louis Univ. 14. Denver 26; Brigham Young IS. Colorado State 2l; Colorado Mines 0. Georgia 35; Temple ‘. Villanova 26; Marquette 13. New Mexico 6; West Texas State North Dakota State 32; Morning side Sioux City T. Louisville T; Wittenberg 0. Indiana Central IS; Earlham T. Dakota Wesleyan 8; Northern (Aherdeen s. D. Tchrs. 6. Missouri Valley 34; Simpson 6. Ashland 6; Ohio Northern 0. Western Reserve 20; Youngstown 13 Chattanooga 31; Tennessee Tech Wake Forest 19; Georgetown Univ G. Richmond 37; Maryland T. Hamline 26; Jamestown CND) College 0. Nebraska Wesleyan 33; Nebraska Central o. s. Virginia Wesleyan l9; Glen vile State 6. North Carolina 21; Miami (Fla) 0. Iowa Wesleyan 13; Drake B” ‘. Louisiana Tech 33; Louisiana Col lege 6. Mississippi Southern 65; Jackson vile (Ala) State o. College of Pacific 31; Williams (Ariz) Army Air 0.

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Villanova leads 4–⁠1–⁠1 in six meetings, counting the two since this game.