Villanova at Army

Saturday, September 25, 1948

Army beat Villanova 28–⁠0. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Army led the series 13–⁠1.

AwayVillanova8–⁠2–⁠1 in 1948
0
HomeArmy8–⁠0–⁠1 in 1948
28

FinalHigh 72°F, low 50°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: G'{9I

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, September 27, 1948, page 3 (results column)

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    G’{9I Final scores of important foot ball games over the weekend are as follows: San Francisco 2; St. Mary’s 0. Minnesota 20; Washington 0. Oregon 20; Stanford 12. Santa Clara 20; Oklahoma IF. Northwestern 19; UCLA 0. New Mexico 19; Colorado 6. Wyoming 61; Colorado College T. Montana s. 33; N. D. State 0. Texas Mines 36; Houston U. ‘. Utah State IS; Montana T. Utah 21; Idaho 6. Arizona IA; San Diego s. 6. Colo AM fl; New Mexico AIM 6 Duquesne 15; Alliance T. Rice 46; Sam Houston O. Baylor AZ; Tulsa 19. Kentucky 48; Xavier ‘. Maryland 19; Richmond 0. Texas Tech 20; Texas AIM IA. Hardin Simmons T; Chm. ‘. William Mary IA: Davidson 6. Clemson 53; Presbyterian 0. Mississippi IA; Florida 0. Muhlenberg 27; Boston U. 0. Villanova 0; Army 28. California 21; Navy T. So. Methodist B; Pitt IA. Brown IS: Yale 28. Rutgers 6; Columbia 27, Arnold o; Coast Guard 20. Michigan 13; Michigan State 2. Georgetown T; Holy Cross Is. Fcrdham IA; Lafayette 53. Gettysburg 28; Drexel 0. Alfred 6; Bucknell 29. In the course of 70-year life. the average human heart spends 40 years resting.

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 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

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