Columbia at Pennsylvania
Saturday, October 20, 1923 Share
Pennsylvania beat Columbia 19–7. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 10–3–1.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 54°FAttendance 30,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 21, 1923, page 61
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PENN SHOWS POWER, DEFEATING COLUMBIA Pennsylvania defeated Percy Haughtons Columbia foot ball team on Franklin Field today, 10 to Z. The home eleven scored three touch downs, while the losers made one. In the first two periods Pennsyl- Vania outplayed Columbia in all departments, scoring all it’s points before the first half closed. Columbia braced in the last half and fought Pennsylvania back by means of a sustained aerial attack and scored its one touchdown in the third period. Hamer starred for Pennsylvania, making two touchdowns. one Of them after taking the ball on his own 81 yard line on a kick-o and dashing the length of the field.

The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 21, 1923, page 13
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Penn Beats Columbia PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 2O.-Penn- sylvania defeated Percy Haughton Columbia football team on Franklin Field today, 19 to :. The home elev- en scored three touchdowns while the losers made one.
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)
Pennsylvania 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Columbia–Pennsylvania gamePennsylvania leads 61–22–1 in 84 meetings, counting the 70 since this game.
Around this game
Columbia
- Next gamevs. WilliamsOct. 27, 1923
- SeasonColumbia in 1923
- ProgramColumbia history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gamevs. CentreOct. 27, 1923
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1923
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records

