Georgetown at Pennsylvania

Saturday, November 8, 1924

Pennsylvania beat Georgetown 3–⁠0. It was their third meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 3–⁠0.

AwayGeorgetown1–⁠1 in 1924
0
HomePennsylvania9–⁠1–⁠1 in 1924
3

FinalHigh 62°F, low 43°FAttendance 34,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: PENN DEFEATS GEORGETOWN, 90

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 9, 1924, page 10

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    PENN DEFEATS GEORGETOWN, 90 PHILADELPHIA, Nov. S.-Kruez’ placement goal in the final period gave the undefeated University of Pennsyl- vania football team a 5 to o victory over the Georgetown eleven on Franklin field today. It was Pennsylvania s eighth victory of the season and the smallest score the team has made against any opponent. The placement goal came after Kruze had made four unsuccessful attempts, twice in the first period, once in the third and again at the opening of the last period.

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: Today's Results Football Finals:

    Imperial Valley press, November 8, 1924, page 6 (results column)

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    Today’s Results Football Finals: Football Finals: williams 43; Wesleyan 0. Princeton “a; Harvard 0. Penn 3; Georgetown 0. Cornell 81; Susquehanna 0. Syracuse 3; w. Virginia Wesley an Z. Illinois 81; Chicago q. Johns Hopkins 26; st. Johns Col lege 0. Greensburg 6; Harrisburg Tech O.. Ohio Northern O.; Denison II. Indiana y; Ohio T. Case z; Wooster 3. Michigan 27; Northwestern 0. Rutgers 43; Lafayette Z. Navy So; Vermont 0. West Virginia 34; Colgate 2. Yale At; Maryland 0. Army IA; Florida Z. Boston College “a; Marquette Z. Pittsburgh 13; Geneva 0. - Navy So; Vermont e.

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 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 7–⁠0–⁠1 in eight meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Pennsylvania 42, Georgetown 39
2022Pennsylvania 59, Georgetown 28
2008Pennsylvania 27, Georgetown 7
2007Pennsylvania 42, Georgetown 13
1937Georgetown 0, Pennsylvania 0
1924Pennsylvania 3, Georgetown 0

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