Navy at Pennsylvania

Saturday, October 27, 1928

Navy beat Pennsylvania 6–⁠0. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 8–⁠4–⁠1.

AwayNavy5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1928
6
HomePennsylvania8–⁠1 in 1928
0

FinalHigh 47°F, low 36°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 75,000

In the newspapers

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: SEVEN EASTERN TEAMS POSSESS CLEAN STATES Army Eleven Looms Up AS Potential Ruler OF ROOst.

    Imperial Valley press, October 29, 1928, page 5 (results column)

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    SEVEN EASTERN TEAMS POSSESS CLEAN STATES Army Eleven Looms Up AS Potential Ruler OF ROOst. NEW YORK, Oct. 29.--Oniy seven eastern football teams have maintained perfect records during the first half of the season which was completed with Saturday s games. The Army, with notable victories over Harvard and Yale, stands out not only as the east S leading team, but a potential national champion II it can conquer Notre Dame, Nebraska and Stanford in approaching games. The six other eastern teams with out a defeat or tie to mar their records are New York University, Carnegie Tech, Georgetown, Boston College, Temple and Villa Nova. None of these teams rank with Army ON the basis of their October record. New York University undoubtedly stands well up with the eastern leaders, but the Violets’ only out standing achievement thus far IS last week S ~ to q victory over Colgate. Georgetown las run rough ahod over all opposition, but the opposition lacked class. Carnegie Tech beat Pittsburgh, mbcatcn until the Tournament Of Roses game at Pasadena last year, Z and kept its slate clean. Capt. Ilarpstcr scored the winning touch down in the last quarter. The final score was 6 to o. Boston College, whose chief feat is a 6 to 0 victory over the Navy, won its fourth straight game by trimming Eoston University, ~ to T. Harvard Navy Win Temple University, unsecured on IN five games, won from Providence, IL to o, but has not beaten Il ma ior eleven. The same holds true for I Villa Nova which has kept its un- ( defeated record intact by winning last week from Lebanon Valley, 10 / to 0. Two good but beaten clcvcns , bounded back last week and scored impressive victories, Harvard de ! fcating Dartmouth, 10 to Z, and / Navy downing Pennsylvania, q to o. / Seven teams tasted defeat for the first time, They were Yale, Cornell dartmouth, Pennsylvania, Tufts /, Williams and Duqucsnc. None had y been tied or beaten until last Satur. / day. Army’s IS to 6 victory over Yale was the outstanding feat in the east and Chris eagles two long runs foI ! touchdowns-5l yards around Yale 5 ! right end and IS yards off Yale 5 ( left tacklc-wcre the greatest in ! dividual performances of the day. An underrated Cornell team / fought an overratcd Princeton team almost to standstill, the latter winning by field goal kicked by Dave Lowry, 3 to o. Princeton is Gnbeatcn, but was tied by Virginia Lafayette and Bucknell lost THEN first games, the former losing tC West Virginia, Il to 0, and tho latter to Gettysburg, II to -.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 29, 1928, page 5 (results column)

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    GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY The following are results Of the principal football games played last Saturday afternoon: Oregon State 29; Washington Idaho 20; California at Los An geles 6. Washington State 51; College of Idaho 0. Gonzaga 6; Whitman O. Stanford 47; Fresno State 0. Montana State 0; Montana Col lege 0. Olympic Club 12; California 0. Southern California 19; oeci- dental 0. Army IS; Yale 6. Illinois 6; Northwestern 0. Iowa [: Minnesota 0. Ohio State 13; Indiana 0. Nebraska 24; Missouri 0. Princeton 3; Cornell 0. Navy 6; Pennsylvania 0. Purdue 40: Chicago 0. Notre Dame 32: Drake O. Kentucky 8; Centre 0. Alabama 42; Suwannee 12. Utah 24; Colorado 6. Haskell IA; Regis 9. South Dakota State 13; South Dakota 0. Texas 13; Rice 6. Ohio 39; Ohio Northern 0. Pittsburgh 0; Carnegie Tech 6. Vanderbilt 34; Virginia 0. Georgia 20; Tulane IA Kansas Aggies 21; Oklahoma B New York University 1T; Colgate 6. Tennessee 26; Washington anf Lee

  • The The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current's story: Football Scores First Period

    The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, October 27, 1928, page 6 (results column)

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    Football Scores First Period First Period Penn 0, Navy O. Yale 6, Army 6. Wisconsin 0. Michigan o. Minnesota 0; Iowa 0. Harvard 6; Dartmouth O. Princeton 0; Cornell o. Kansas 0; Iowa State O. Chicago O; Purdue 10. Second Period Wisconsin 0; Michigan 0. Penn 0; Navy 6. Yale s; Army Is.

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 66% to win. Navy pulled the upset.

Pennsylvania leads 22–⁠21–⁠4 in 47 meetings, counting the 34 since this game.

Recent meetings
1987Navy 38, Pennsylvania 28
1986Pennsylvania 30, Navy 26
1960Navy 27, Pennsylvania 0
1959Navy 22, Pennsylvania 22
1958Navy 50, Pennsylvania 8
1957Navy 35, Pennsylvania 7

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