Villanova at San Francisco

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  The Wilmington morning star, November 24, 1947, page 5

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  VILLANOVA WILDCATS DEFEAT DONS, 21-l9 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23- P)-Villanova’s Wildcats came from behind to score two touch downs in the final period and defeat the University of San Francisco Dons 21–⁠19 today in a thrill-filled intersectional foot ball game before a crowd estimated at 10000. The eastern team scored its first touchdown 20 seconds after receiving the kickoff on a 65yard pass and run play to take a lead, which San Francisco tied within less than a minute.

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.

Villanova leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.