Pennsylvania at Columbia
Saturday, November 16, 1929 Share
Pennsylvania beat Columbia 20–0. It was their 19th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 15–3–1.
Final
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 17, 1929, page 86
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.QUAKERS SKATER COLUMBIA, 70 TO 0 Penn Cashes in on Scoring Opportunities With Power. full Drive. BY the Associated Press. n YEW YORK, N. Y, November 1e. Pennsylvania crushed Colum- VI bia by 20 to 0 before crowd i Of $4,000 at Baker Field today The Red and Blue had four real scoring opportunities and cashed three of them for touchdowns by Gentle, AL Ratowski and Mort Wilmer, with Gentle adding two of the three goals. The first Red and Blue score, soon after the start of the game, was personal contribution by Gentle. He gain ed rs yards TO the 4-yard mark on q reverse run which started of left tackle, and then crossed the line in two llnges at Columbia’s forwards. He added the goal The Blue and White made three threats, two In the second period, through Hewitts ability to pierce solid masses of Red and Blue jerseys. The first march came to halt when Hewitt fumbled IA yards from the goal; the second ended when his pass to Liflander on q fourth down gained Just a yard at the 10-yard mark, where two yards were needed. Beaten by three touchdownS, Charlie Crowley’s boys punctuated the closing moments with a passing attack which one time CARED to within flve yards of a consolation touchdown. A Co lumbia pass was ruled complete at this point because Of Penn interference, but the Red and Blue hurled back three line plays and grounded q Columbia pass on the fourth attempt.

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 18, 1929, page 5 (results column)
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GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY The following are final scores of important football games played last Saturday afternoon: Santa Clara IS; Stanford ‘. Oregon 16; Oregon State 0. California ‘; Washington 0. Notre Dame IS; Southern Cali fornia 12. Washington State 13; Montana O. Gonzaga 20; Idaho IA. St. Mary 24; University of Cali fornia at Los Angeles 0. Tennessee 13; Vanderbilt 0. Indiana 19; Northwestern fl. Drake 2; Iowa State O. Alabama IA; Georgia Tech 0. Harvard 12; Holy Cross 6. Colgate 21; Syracuse 0. Michigan T; Minnesota 6. Illinois 20; Chicago G. Purdue T; Iowa 0. Utah A; Wyoming 0. Nebraska IS; Oklahoma 13. Yale 13; Princeton 0, Army 89; Dickinson ‘. Pittsburgh 34 Carnegie 13. New York University IA; Missouri 0. Dartmouth IS; Cornell A. Georgetown O; West Virginia 0. Pennsylvania 20 Columbia 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 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Pennsylvania–Columbia gamePennsylvania leads 61–22–1 in 84 meetings, counting the 65 since this game.
Around this game
Pennsylvania
- Next gamevs. CornellNov. 28, 1929
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1929
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records
Columbia
- Next gamevs. SyracuseNov. 28, 1929
- SeasonColumbia in 1929
- ProgramColumbia history and records

