Lafayette at Pennsylvania

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  Evening star, November 11, 1923, page 63

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  lafayette MASTERS PENN ELEVEN, 8 TO 6. PHILADELPHIA. November 10, The sturdy Lafayette College team defeated Pennsylvania on Franklin Field today. to s. A touchdown and a. safety represented the winners’ score. Pennsylvania was somewhat weaken ed by the absence of several of her best players. The safety came in the third period after Pennsylvania had narrowly es-capped having a touchdown scored against her. Lafayette got the ball on blocked kick on Pennsylvania’s IS yard line and worked it to within 1 yard of Penns goal line Here the Quakers rallied and took the ball g downs. Capt. Hamer dropped behind the line to punt out. Lafayette’s for wards broke through and blocked the kick and in the scramble for the ball Hamer dropped on it for the safety. Each side scored touchdown in the second period, principally on hard line plunging.

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  The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 11, 1923, page 19

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  Lafayette Beats Penn PHILADELPHIA, Nov 10.-The sturdy La Fayette college team de- feated Pennsylvania 7 on Franklin field today s to. 6. A touchdown and a safety represented the win ners score. Pennsylvania was somewhat weak ened by the absence of several of her best players.

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  Atlanta tri-weekly journal, Atlanta, Ga., November 13, 1923, page 1 (results column)

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  GEORGIA DEFEATS VIRGINIA, IS J; TECH HOLDS PENN STATE University of Georgia s slowly de veloping eleven defeated University of Virginia Saturday by 10 to 0. Neither team scored in the first half and the coaches ordered the Red and Black to cut loose with all their new plays in the latter half. Thew did, scoring two touchdoWns and being near a third when the game ended. Georgia now has defeated Mercer Oglethorpe, Tennessee, Auburn and Virginia, having lost only to Yale. They expect the hardest test of the season Saturday when they play Vanderbilt at Nashville. Vanderbilt overwhelmed University of Tennessee, running wild al! afternoon. Score, 81 to 7. Georgia had beaten Tennessee only II to 0. Georgia Tech journeyed to Penn sylvania and held Penn State to a Z to 0 score, the northerners making a touchdown shortly after the game opened. Tech fought with great courage and won the plaudits of the spectators who expected an easy vic: tory. <AIdDdllld showed us OcNClOplu% power, beating kentucky 16 to 8 but Auburn disappointed its follow ers by only tying Tulane, to 6. Centre walloped Sewanee soundly 20 to 6. Furman defeated South Carolina, % to 8, and Virginia Poly won handily from North Carolina State, 16 to 0, while V. M. 7. defeated North Carolina. to 0. On Friday Clemson outclassed Davidson and won, ~ to 0. In the east, Harvard defeated Princeton to 0. and out west Ne braska surprised the world by trim ming NOtre Dame, II to Z. Other games: Nebraska, IA; Notre Dame, I. Centre, 20: Sewanee, 6. Baylor, 7; Texas. T. Furman, %; Carolina, 3. Final: Navy. 81; st. Xavier, 0. IIino s, 10; Wisconsin,, 0. Army. Al; Arkansas Aggies. 0. Boston college. IA; Centenary. 0. Ohio State, 50; Purdue, 0. United States Marines, G.; Michigan, 26. V. p. /, 16; North Carolina State, 0. Southern Methodist university, 13; Arkansas, 6. Oklahoma, 49, Missouri, 0. Rutgers, So; Richmond, 0. IIehigh, Z; Bucknell, Z. Harvard, 5; Princeton, 0. Yale, 16; Maryland, IA. Cornell, So; Columbia, 0. Lafayette 8; Pennsylvania, 6. SYRIA, use. 49, Boston university, O.. Washington AMI Jefferson, 40; Waynesburg, 0. Detroit, 6; Carnegie Tech, (tie). Illinois, 10; Wisconsin, 0. Chicago,27j Indiana, 0. Mississippi A. and M, 6; Union university, 0. Florida. 27: Stetson, 0. Wake Forest, Is; Trinity S. Pittsburg, 13; Grove City, Z. Missouri, 0; Oklahoma, Is. Mississippi College, g. Ole Miss, O., Tennessee, Z; Vanderbilt, SO. Dartmouth, Is; Brown, IA, Howard, 27; Jacksonville Nor. NAL, 0. Hendryx, %; Millsaps, 0. Vanderbilt Freshmen. 20; Tennessee Freshmen, 0. Alabama, 16; Kentucky, s. William and Mary, IA; Delaware. Lynchhurg College. 0, Randolph Macon, 0. Carson Newman. l6; Fort Ben ming, g. Navy, 81; st. Nairer, 0. Rice. u; Southwestern. 0. Louisville, I; Kentucky Yves. leyan, o.

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Pennsylvania leads 55–⁠21–⁠4 in 80 meetings, counting the 37 since this game.