Columbia at Pennsylvania

Saturday, November 12, 1927

Pennsylvania beat Columbia 27–⁠0. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 13–⁠3–⁠1.

AwayColumbia5–⁠2–⁠2 in 1927
0
HomePennsylvania6–⁠4 in 1927
27

FinalHigh 71°F, low 50°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: PENN SCORES 27.0 WIN OVER COLUMBIA

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 13, 1927, page 85

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    PENN SCORES 27.0 WIN OVER COLUMBIA PHILADELPHIA, November 12 R. R.--Pennsylvania staged second comeback” in as many weeks today to beat Columbia, q to 0. The Lions were outplayed and Coach Lou Young thought so little of his opposition that he sent full sub stitute team into the game at the end Of the second and last quarters. Penn scored two touchdowns in each of these periods. Incidentally the $4,000 persons who were in the stands at Franklin Field today saw the Quakers give Columbia the worst drubbing since the first game of the series in 1900. A smashing line attack. forward passing and the famed hidden ball” play gave Penn its victory.

  • The Seward daily gateway's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    Seward daily gateway, Alaska, November 14, 1927, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES Washington, 6; California, 0. Gazaga, 0; Montana, 0. Santa Clara, 13; Stanford, 6. Army, IS; Norte Dame, 0. Yale, A; Princeton, $. Pen State, 13; New York University 8. Pittsburg, 21; Nebraska. 13. Pennsylvania, 27; Columbia, 0. Harvard, IS; Brown, 6. Dartmouth, 53; Cornell, 7. Michigan, 27; Navy, F, Iowa, Is; Wisconsin, 0. Illinois, 15; Chicago, s. Indiana, IS; Northwestern, [. Purdue, 46; Franklin, Q. Minnesota, 27; Drake, $. Southern California, 46; Colorado, (

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 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 61–⁠22–⁠1 in 84 meetings, counting the 67 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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