George Washington at Swarthmore

Saturday, October 19, 1907

Swarthmore beat George Washington 30–⁠0. It was their third meeting; Swarthmore leads the series 3–⁠0.

AwayGeorge Washington0–⁠2 in 1907
0
HomeSwarthmore6–⁠2 in 1907
30

Final

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story

    New-York tribune, New York, October 20, 1907, page 10

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    Swarthmore Penn. oct. 19.-The Swarthmore College football team defeated George Washington University on Whittier Field this afternoon by a score Of 30 to 0 in a loosely played game Swarthmore showed poor form during the first fifteen min utes, but when the team finally struck it’s pace 1t had little trouble in scoring the light Washing ton eleven. There was much fumbling during the contest. Fifteen points scored in each half

  • The The Washington herald's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    The Washington herald, October 20, 1907, page 9 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS. Georgetown. 10: Maryland. 0. SWarthmore. 30. George Washington. 0. Mount Washington 6; Gallaudet. O. Western High g. Baltimore School. T. Harvard 6. Navy. 0. Yale. O; Army. O. Pennsylvania. II : Brown. O. Penn state. s: Cornell. g. Princeton. 60 Washington and jefferson, O. Lafayette. p Colgate. 9. LehIgh. >, Mcdicr-Ch. o. Tufts @: Wesleyan. o. Syracuse. g: Williams. 0. NJ. 4. Z. Second. 8. Baltimore Tech. L Shenandoah Academy, u: ~ james, Q. Y. Z. L. 5; Washington and Lee, 0. FTedCnCHbuTg l6. Virginia Medical. 0. BTuoklaud. 5. WaIlaCb. O. Michigan. .. Wabash. @. Chicago. 4. Illinois. g. Virginia. is. Y. M L. II. Randolph-Aiacon. p: Richmond. H. Carlisle. Is; Buckueu. o. Dartmouth. 2 Maine. O. Amherst AGEies. 10, Holy Cross. 8 Harcrford. q New York University. O. F1Tdham, s Franklin and Marshall, ). Amherst. Il, Trinity. @ Univ. Vermont. II Norwich Univ. II. New Hampshire State. 5. Bowd0jn. O. Ani0ycr. Z. Worcester Academy, O. Minnesota s Nebraska. s. Michigan. - Wabash. O. Brown Freshmen, y Harvard second. G.

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)

Swarthmore 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Swarthmore leads 3–⁠0 in three meetings.

Recent meetings
1907Swarthmore 30, George Washington 0
1906Swarthmore 17, George Washington 0
1905Swarthmore 30, George Washington 0

Around this game

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