Navy at Pennsylvania

Saturday, November 2, 1929

Pennsylvania beat Navy 7–⁠2. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 9–⁠4–⁠1.

AwayNavy6–⁠2–⁠2 in 1929
2
HomePennsylvania7–⁠2 in 1929
7

FinalHigh 77°F, low 63°F, 1.1 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: CridirOn Records No Real Upsets; Results Listed

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 3, 1929, page 1 (results column)

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    CridirOn Records No Real Upsets; Results Listed No startling upsets figured in yesterdays foot ball results. A smart, fast Georgetown eleven earned a clean-cut victory Tor the second straight year over N. Y. U. at New York, IA to 0, while Maryland was held to 1913 draw by Virginia. Catholic U. defeated Manhattan College, 20–⁠7; Gallaudet nosed’ out Baltimore University, 60, and the Marines gained custody of the Presidents Cup by vanquishing the U. S. Coast Guard team, 1870. other games of note included Penn’s 7–⁠2 victory over Navy. Notre Danes 1876 conquest of Georgia Tech, Chicago’s 15–⁠7 defeat of Princeton, Northwestern’s TO verdict over Illinois. Cali fornia’s l5–⁠7 triumph against Southern California and Wander hilt’s 1870 trouncing Of Alabama. Details will be found in the sports section.

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 59% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 22–⁠21–⁠4 in 47 meetings, counting the 33 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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