Swarthmore at Pennsylvania

Saturday, October 4, 1930

Pennsylvania beat Swarthmore 63–⁠0. It was their 33rd meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 28–⁠4–⁠1.

AwaySwarthmore0–⁠2 in 1930
0
HomePennsylvania5–⁠4 in 1930
63

FinalHigh 66°F, low 49°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: PENN EASILY DOWNS SWARTHMORE, $50 Carlsten Is Spectacular Performer in 0ne-Sided Contest Witnessed by 10000 Fans.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 5, 1930, page 70

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    PENN EASILY DOWNS SWARTHMORE, $50 Carlsten Is Spectacular Performer in 0ne-Sided Contest Witnessed by 10000 Fans. PHILADELPHIA, October 4-Playing with second-string men much of the time, the University of Pennsylvania foot ball team swept the Swarthmore College foot ball eleven up and down Franklin Field today and walked off the fleld with 63-to-0 victory. Forty thousand saw the game. Swarthmore did not give the Penn sylVanians, playing their first scheduled game under the coaching of Lud Wray. the resistance expected and as a result they scored nine touchdowns with COM parative ease. Two safeties when Swarthmore kicks were blocked behind the goal line and five extra points after touchdowns figured in Pennsylvania total score. Walter Masters and Charley Greene led In the scoring with two touchdowns each. Masters also made two of the extra points. Other touchdowns were scored by Jerry Ford George Munger, Frank Merrick, Melbourne Hemeon and Eddie Masavage Rolf Carlsten, quarterback. played a spectacular game and added three of the extra points. His long, accurate passing, resulting in scores, was one Of the features of the one-sided game. In only one period did Pennsylvania have her full strength in the field, the third, and in that quarter Capt. Gentle, Warren Gette. Masters, Greene and the other regulars piled up % points. jerry Ford, Pennsylvania halfback. suffered dislocated elbow and prob ably will be out of the game for at least two weeks. The lineup:

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 92% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 30–⁠4–⁠1 in 35 meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1932Pennsylvania 54, Swarthmore 0
1931Pennsylvania 32, Swarthmore 7
1930Pennsylvania 63, Swarthmore 0
1929Pennsylvania 20, Swarthmore 6
1928Pennsylvania 67, Swarthmore 0
1927Pennsylvania 33, Swarthmore 0

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