Georgetown vs. Roanoke

Georgetown and Roanoke first met in 1934 and have played 5 times; Georgetown leads the series 5–⁠0. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Georgetown 5–⁠0, and Georgetown has won the last 5.

Georgetown wins
5
Roanoke wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1934
Longest streak
5 Georgetown
Current streak
5 Georgetown
Last 10 meetings
Georgetown 5–⁠0
Most recent
1940

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s4–⁠0
1940s1–⁠0
Average margin
30.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Georgetown
5–⁠0 Georgetown’s record at home
Shutouts
4

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Georgetown’s biggest win1940: Georgetown 66, Roanoke 0by 66 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Georgetown and Roanoke, 1934 on13001500170019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1939 game: Georgetown George Washington and Catholic H. Easily Win Games Here Roanoke Is Drubbed by Hoyos, $50; CoIonioIs, Making Bow, Top Dovis-EIkins, 1910

    1939 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 8, 1939

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Sep 28, 1940Georgetown 66, Roanoke 0at Georgetown
Oct 7, 1939Georgetown 25, Roanoke 0at Georgetown
Oct 8, 1938Georgetown 33, Roanoke 6at Georgetown
Oct 12, 1935Georgetown 16, Roanoke 0at Georgetown
Nov 10, 1934Georgetown 20, Roanoke 0at Georgetown

Every game is listed as played on the field.