Villanova at Houston

Saturday, November 17, 1956

Houston beat Villanova 26–⁠13. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Houston led the series 3–⁠1.

AwayVillanova5–⁠4 in 1956
13
HomeHouston7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1956
26

FinalHigh 62°F, low 45°FAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Houston Topples ViIIunoyu, 1913

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 18, 1956, page 1

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    Houston Topples ViIIunoyu, 1913 HOUSTON, Nov. II (P.-The University of Houston used the power of Fullback Donnie Cara way and the flashy running of Halfback Earl Kaiser and Quarterback Don Flynn today to come from behind in the second half to hand Villanova a 26–⁠13 intersectional football defeat. Halfback Richard Sapienza Villanova’s star on both offense and defense, thwarted early Houston efforts by intercepting two passes, returning the second 70 yards to give the Wildcats q TO lead. Villanova -----------I I’D houston ------------ D 4o-SO VilIanova scoring-Touchdowns Sapienza (7S-yard pass interrogation return; Bauer (4-yard pass from Magee). Conversion: Bauer. Houston scoring--Touchdowns Cara way 2 a. z Yards runsl: Kaiser Il, plungel; Lewis Il. plungel. Conversions FLYNN ..

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)

Houston 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Houston leads 5–⁠1 in six meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1974Houston 35, Villanova 0
1971Houston 42, Villanova 9
1956Houston 26, Villanova 13
1955Houston 26, Villanova 14
1954Houston 28, Villanova 7
1951Villanova 33, Houston 27

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