Cornell at Pennsylvania

Thursday, November 27, 1930

Cornell beat Pennsylvania 13–⁠7. It was their 37th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 27–⁠8–⁠2.

AwayCornell6–⁠2 in 1930
13
HomePennsylvania5–⁠4 in 1930
7

FinalHigh 33°F, low 22°F

In the newspapers

  • The New Britain herald's story: WASHINGTON TEAM PLAYS VILLANOVA InterSeCtiOnaI Game Holds Gen. ter Of Interest in East

    New Britain herald, Connecticut, November 28, 1930, page 20 (results column)

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    WASHINGTON TEAM PLAYS VILLANOVA InterSeCtiOnaI Game Holds Gen. ter Of Interest in East New York. Nov. $ lp-Washing- ton States invasion Of the east to meet Nllanova seems 10 offer the most in the way Of thrills for Satur- days football spectators. The Cou- gars captured the Pacific coast crown this year. beating Southern California cn route to the title. De- spite their long trip across the con- then. they rill he heavy favorltes over Njllanoya. which already has bowed to Gettysburg New York uni >crsity. Duke and BuckneI. Another int-rScc’tonaI game Tn ‘ha Philadelphia src;or v-ill pit Temple against brake of the Mis- souri Valley coufcronC.. Carnegie Tech and Washing on < Jcfferson old rivals clash at Pitts nurgh, and Boston ollcgc and Holy Cross at Boston. Western Maryland takes On Murlcnbcrg: the Navy tunes ID with George shington, and Loyola Of Maryland battles Baltimore Out in t5c midwest the Army tackles Notrc Dawc’s high powered outfit and Georgetown takes on De troit. Yesterdays program in the cast vas marked by CornclIs spectacu- lar 13–⁠7 victory over Penn with Bart Njyiano Cornell back. playing the htro’s role. All old Niviano gained 1G9 yards from scrimmag- in 4 attempts al the Penn line and only twice vas stopped without gain. Only sensational defensive play by Paul Riblett. Penn end, kept the score as close as it was. Held 10 one touchdown for three periods by fighting Brown team, Colgate’s high powered array showed over three more in the final period 10 win. o7-o. Len Macaluso. the country’s leading 3corer, brought his total points 10 IA by scoring Il touchdown and kicking three points after touchdown. Syracus downed Columbia, 19–⁠7 and Pitt beat Penn State. 1912, in the other big games of the day.

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 67% to win. Cornell pulled the upset.

Pennsylvania leads 65–⁠40–⁠5 in 110 meetings, counting the 73 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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