Columbia at Pennsylvania

Saturday, November 13, 1926

Pennsylvania beat Columbia 3–⁠0. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 12–⁠3–⁠1.

AwayColumbia6–⁠3 in 1926
0
HomePennsylvania7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1926
3

FinalHigh 51°F, low 35°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: PENN'S LONG FIELD GOAL DOWNS COLUMBIA ELEVEN

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 14, 1926, page 102

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    PENN’S LONG FIELD GOAL DOWNS COLUMBIA ELEVEN for forward pass, only to see the ball knocked down by a Columbia man as it came sailing over the line. The feature run of the day came in the final period. when Charley Rogers, one of Pennsylvania fokr magicians in hiding the ball. ran back a punt 32 yards to Columbia’s 19-yard mark. He shook a half dozen tacklers off and almost had a clear field for touchdown. 1t was a narrow escape for Columbia. . Pennsylvania gained twice as much ground as Columbia. carrying the ball 20S yards to Columbia’s S 1O1.

  • The The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current's story: ! . SPORTS q ARMY AND NAVY AWAIT CALL TO SETTLE QUERY Individual Superiority Win BE Decided on Chicago Grid. iron November q

    The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, November 15, 1926, page 1 (results column)

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    ! . SPORTS q ARMY AND NAVY AWAIT CALL TO SETTLE QUERY Individual Superiority Win BE Decided on Chicago Grid. iron November q New York, Nov. l5.--LP)--A lull in the football storm settled upon cascrn gridirons today after the gallo Of stirring battles that swept the sea. son TO a climax Saturday. Navy, Army, and Brown, all head ing straight for sectional supre macy, looked back with mingled pride and regret on the thrilling weekend. Brown had tho satisfaction Of a crushing q to 0 triumph over Harward to add to seven previous victor les, with only Colgate on Thanks giving Day menacing a season OF no defcgts. Tho, New Hampshire team that smudged the clcan/6 lntc Of Maine Saturday will furnish the Brown Bear with mild opposition this week. Army and Navy, the former with. claims to national recognition shat tered. Z to 0. by Knute Rockne’s rid ! ers of Notre Dame, and the latter bothered but still triumphant after ! close 10 to Z contest with George towns husky battlers. await the call ! to settle their question Of individual superiority in Chicago November q. IL Brown escapes defeat in the two games remaining, the winner OF the colorful service battle in the west will stand with tho Boar unchallenged at tho head Of tho eastern ranking. The Middies have Il practice game with Loyola before meeting Army, and the Cadets must dispose only OF : Ursinus this week. New York, after 4 10 to victory over Davis Elkins. may face the great test Of the season in Nebraska Saturday. Princeton Wins Mg Three Title Princeton has closed its season with a, straight Big Three champion ship while Harvard and Yale battle for the cons ISOLATION prize Saturday Tho Tigers could muster only a 10 t. 7 margin over the Ellis Saturday. Pennsylvania’s 3 to 0 win owe Columbia was its last game befor the Cornell engagement Thanksgiving Day. The Ithacans likewise carne, u rest by their thrilling last ditto i rally that put over II points in tn final quarter and ended tho disastrou Dartmouth season with 24s23 defeat. Syracuse, dcadlocked at 1910 wit Colgate, takes on Niagara Saturda in preparation for Columbia Thanks giving Day. Pittsburgh follows !. &c scoreless tie with Washington an ,r Jefferson with the finale agains 10 Penn State on the holiday.

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 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 61–⁠22–⁠1 in 84 meetings, counting the 68 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Columbia 28, Pennsylvania 27
2025Pennsylvania 35, Columbia 21
2024Columbia 23, Pennsylvania 17
2023Pennsylvania 20, Columbia 17
2022Pennsylvania 34, Columbia 14
2021Columbia 23, Pennsylvania 14

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