Cornell at Pennsylvania

Thursday, November 24, 1932

Pennsylvania beat Cornell 13–⁠7. It was their 39th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 28–⁠9–⁠2.

AwayCornell5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1932
7
HomePennsylvania6–⁠2 in 1932
13

FinalHigh 52°F, low 38°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Indianapolis times's story: Fourth Quarter Drive Gives Penn Victory Over Cornell

    The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 25, 1932, page 18

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    Fourth Quarter Drive Gives Penn Victory Over Cornell the thirty-ninth annual renewal of their Thanksgiving day game. Stanley FokoliS, Penn captain. recovered Cornell tumble on his own 42-yard line in the final period when the score was tied at 7 to 7. Then Penn started its final drive. Don Kellett, who had replaced Munger at left half back, made the touchdown from the courtyard line on a triple pass. He failed to kick the extra point. Penn started the scoring in the first period after completing several passes which advanced the ball to Cornells 8yard line. On the third play, George Munger, half back went over right tackle for a touch down. Kellett kicked the extra point. Cornell scored its only touchdown in the second period when Martinez Gorilla blocked Carl Perinas punt on Penn’S 26-yard line, and made touchdown. Ferraro, kicked the extra point. A crowd of 10000 fans saw the game.

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)

Cornell 52% to win. Pennsylvania won as Elo’s underdog.

Pennsylvania leads 65–⁠40–⁠5 in 110 meetings, counting the 71 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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