Swarthmore at Pennsylvania
Saturday, October 5, 1929 Share
Pennsylvania beat Swarthmore 20–6. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 27–4–1.
FinalHigh 62°F, low 46°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 6, 1929, page 97
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SWARTHMORE DENTS PENN GOAL AT LAST PHILADELPHIA, october 5-Penn- Sylvania showed more aggressiveneSs totoday and defeated Swarthmore College in their final foot ball game on Frank lin Field, 20 to 6. It was the first Swarthmore score against Pennsylvania in number of years. Two touchdowns by Paul Riblett, sophomore end, and one by Walter Masters, and two additional points on placement goals. accounted for PennSylvanias points and twenty-seventh VIC tory over Swarthmore. To Bob Testwuide, 145-pound quarterback from Sheboygan. Wis, went the honor of scoring Swarthmore’S first touchdown against Penn in years. He missed the trial at goal. Testwuide gave the crowd thrill in the second period when he picked up a loose ball and ran SO yards for what he thought was a touchdown. His effort was all in vain for under the new rule fumbled ball is down at the point of recovery. The crowd was still talking about the play when the speedy Western lad took a pass from Schembs, who had relieved Fullback McDiarmid, and ran 40 yards for an actual tnuchd0wN
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 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Swarthmore–Pennsylvania gamePennsylvania leads 30–4–1 in 35 meetings, counting the three since this game.
Around this game
Swarthmore
- Next gameat VirginiaOct. 12, 1929
- SeasonSwarthmore in 1929
- ProgramSwarthmore history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gamevs. Virginia TechOct. 12, 1929
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1929
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records
