Harvard at Pennsylvania

Saturday, November 5, 1927

Pennsylvania beat Harvard 24–⁠0. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 13–⁠8.

AwayHarvard4–⁠4 in 1927
0
HomePennsylvania6–⁠4 in 1927
24

FinalHigh 52°F, low 39°F, 0.03 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current's story: MILLERS TIE NOTREDAME Penn Wins Harvard Loses to Old Enemies In First Game in q Years; Chicago Loses

    Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, November 6, 1927, page 1

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    MILLERS TIE NOTREDAME Penn Wins Harvard Loses to Old Enemies In First Game in q Years; Chicago Loses SOUTH BEND, Ind, Nov. 5.-P- Minnesota converted a last minute tumble into q touchdown 70 tie Notrc Dame Z TO Z 40 Cartier Field. A pass, Joesting TO Walsh, over the goal line produced the points that equalled the Notre Dame touchdown Of the first period. made on a III yard run by Niemac after Hovde or Minnesota had fumbled a punt.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 7, 1927, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES Scores of other games played in various sections of the states last Saturday afternoon are as follows: Princeton 20: Ohio State O. Pennsylvania 24; Harvard 0. Yale 30: Maryland G. Notre Dame 2; Minnesota 2. Dartmouth 19 Brown 2. Columbia ‘; Johns Hopkins z Michigan IA; Chicago 0. Army 45; Franklin and Mar shall 0 Cornell 6 St. Bonaventure 6. l Illinois IA; Iowa 0. Navy 26; West Virginia Wesley an 0. Purdue IS: Northwestern 6. Wisconsin 20; Grinnell 2. Indiana 33; Michigan State 2. California 33: Montana 13. Gonzaga 19; Loyola 2. Idaho }; St. Mary’s 3. Nevada 19; Pacific 13. Colorado University 2; Colo rado College 6. Creighton 16; Utah z.

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.

Harvard leads 47–⁠25–⁠2 in 74 meetings, counting the 53 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Harvard 45, Pennsylvania 43
2024Harvard 31, Pennsylvania 28
2023Harvard 25, Pennsylvania 23
2022Harvard 37, Pennsylvania 14
2021Harvard 23, Pennsylvania 7
2019Pennsylvania 24, Harvard 20

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