Villanova at Penn State

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  Evening star, September 26, 1949, page 17 (results column)

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  But this was the case also last year, when the Wolverines had a tough afternoon with their intra-state rivals, but went on to rack up another perfect season. Michigan now has “a straight victories for the longest skein in major college football. Texas, Duke, Northwestern, Tulane and California we’re powers that came through as expected, plus some. The big disappointments were Penn State, one of last years Eastern powers, and Vanderbilt. which had been expected to challeneg for Dixie honors. A light. fast Georgia Tech team socked Vanderbilt, 1877, while Penn State fell before Villanova, 27–⁠6. Texas handed Temple the worst defeat in the Philadelphia institution’s history, $40. Duke had q picnic with little Richmond. 67–⁠0. Northwestern. the Rose Bowl champions, turned back Purdue, 20–⁠6. Tulane whipped Alabama, 28–⁠14. California won over st. Mary’s, 29–⁠7. The season. OF to q quick start, picks up more momentum with q schedule this week end that resemhles November wrangling. Besides the two big intersec-I tional games, the Far West offers Washington State at Southern Cal, California at Oregon State and Oregon at U. G. L. A.

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Penn State leads 7–⁠3–⁠1 in 11 meetings, counting the three since this game.