Cornell at Pennsylvania

Thursday, November 29, 1928

Pennsylvania beat Cornell 49–⁠0. It was their 35th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 26–⁠7–⁠2.

AwayCornell3–⁠3–⁠2 in 1928
0
HomePennsylvania8–⁠1 in 1928
49

FinalHigh 51°F, low 42°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Nome nugget's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    The Nome nugget, Alaska, December 1, 1928, page 1

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    FOOTBALL SCORES Oregon state 25. New York us. Wash:nbton 6, Wash. State 0. Montana 2, Gonzales 0. Oregon 26, Calf. at Los Angeles 6. St. Marks 20. Santa Clara ‘. Pennsylvania 49. Cornell 0. Pittsburgh 26, Penna. State o. Missouri 0. Oakland 0. Nebraska s, Kansas Agsies o. Alabama 19, Georgia 0. Florida 60, Wash. Lee, 0. Syracuse 14, Columbia 6.

  • The Evening star's story: SECTION MAY LACK CHAMPION ELEVEN Army Victory Over Stanford Might Cause Experts to Give Cadets Edge.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 30, 1928, page 56 (results column)

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    SECTION MAY LACK CHAMPION ELEVEN Army Victory Over Stanford Might Cause Experts to Give Cadets Edge. NEW YORK, November 30.--It begins to look as though the East will have to do without a foot ball champion this year. In 1927 the experts got out of difficulties by nominating Yale and Pittsburgh as joint holders of the crown. At the moment 1t would seem that six or seven teams should be rated about equally and to name that many to one throne would make the royal perch of 1928 a bit uncomfortable for all. OF course, there’s still chance that tomorrow’s few but important battles will develop ruler upon whom the large majority of fans and experts can agree. If the galloping Cadets of West Point can turn back Stanford, most OBJ servers will be ready to toss out the Notre Dame game and award the Sec tional title to Army, but there seems to be considerable doubt, even in the East, as to whether the Cadets can match the tricky game Glenn Warner has taught his Stanford warriors. Boston College in Running. Then Boston College, in the event it defeats Holy Cross, must be considered. The Eagles of B. G. have escaped defeat and tie so far, although their schedule was none too heavy. Barring their defeat of the Navy early in the season. they will have considerable trouble pointing to a triumph over flrst-rate opponent. Georgetown, which dropped its only game to Carnegie Tech may strengthen its championship position by stopping the hitherto unchecked University OF Detroit eleven at Detroit. Brazil and Connell, Detroit backs, will be prepared to see that Georgetown goes back to Washington with another defeat tackled on its record. =, The outstanding features of the Thanksgiving day program were New York University’s complete rout by the oregon Aggies, IS to IS. and Pennsyl- Vania’s humiliation of Cornell, 49 to 0. After New York UniverSity’S triumph over Carnegie Tech last Saturday critics were ready to award the title and everything else to the violent Violets, but the Beavers from the Pacific Coast romped through the New Workers weakened line practically at will. With Paul Scull making glorious exit from the collegiate gridiron, Penn smashed Cornell into overwhelming defeat at Philadelphia and now is ready to dispute titular claims by any other eleven. The Red and Blue lost only to the Navy this season, numbering among its victims Harvard, Penn state and Columbia. After three ties in a row, Brown finally managed to gain the edge over Colgate in their annual Thanksgiving day struggle, but the margin was none too much. Ed Kevorkian’s field goal In the first period was the deciding factor in the Bruins 16-to-13 victory. TouchdownS by Baysinger and Stew ems in the third and fourth periods gave Syracuse a 14-to-6 verdict over Columbia. the first major triumph the Orange scored this year. Columbia, on the other hand, wound I’D the season without a single victory over an outstanding foe. Pitt Routes Penn State. With fast-stepping Toby Uansa in the leading role, Pitts Panthers administered the usual defeat to Penn State, 26 to O. Uansa scored two touch downs, one Of them from a Penn State kickoff, to aid the Panthers to their seventh straight victory over the Nit tany Lions WCsH Va sllId SCOT6Q TWO C0UcnQOWnS IN the f1rst half, and then clung to this advantage to down Washington and Jefferson, ID to 0. A touchdown in the closing minutes of play enabled Buck nell to tie Temple, z to Z, at Lewisburg. The interSectional card between Mid west and East ended in a draw. Tufts was badly outplayed by Butler and lost. 26 to 3, but Geneva conquered John Carroll OF Cleveland, 10 to IL. A 25-tos verdict over Franklin and Marshall gave Gettysburg the Eastern Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Conference title. SchuylkfH swamped Ursinus, 54 to 6: Maryland conquered Johns Hopkins, 26 to s.; st. Johns of Annapolis downed Penn Military, 13 to o; Western Mary Land overwhelmed Muhlenberg, SO to o. and Davis and Elkins romped through Salem, o3 10 0. West Virginia Wesleyan was beaten by Marshall, 13 to 7. and Vermont bowed To Snrinchald 2 To

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: GRID SCORES OF THURSDAY

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 30, 1928, page 5 (results column)

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    GRID SCORES OF THURSDAY The following are results of football games played yesterday in various parts of the States: Oregon State 25; New York University 13. w h i n g ton University 6; Washington State 0. Montana 2; Gonzaga o. Oregon 26 California at Los Angeles 6. St Marys 20; Santa Clara [. Pennsylvania 49; Cornell 0. Pittsburgh 26; Penn State 0. Missouri O; Oklahoma T.. Nebraska 8; Kansas Aggies O.. Alabama 19; Georgia o. Florida 60; Washington Lee O. Syracuse IA; Columbia 6. Utah 20; Utah Aggies 0. Mount St. Charles IS; Montana State 0. Colorado T; Denver 0. Whitman 45; Willamette 0. Southwestern 0; Arkansas 73 Baylor 25; Rice IA. Miami 34; Cincinnati 0. Virginia 13: North Carolina 6. Marquette 6; Iowa State 0.

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 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 65–⁠40–⁠5 in 110 meetings, counting the 75 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Cornell 39, Pennsylvania 17
2024Pennsylvania 67, Cornell 49
2023Pennsylvania 23, Cornell 8
2022Pennsylvania 28, Cornell 21
2021Cornell 15, Pennsylvania 12
2019Pennsylvania 21, Cornell 20

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