Virginia at Pennsylvania

Wednesday, October 13, 1897

Pennsylvania beat Virginia 42–⁠0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 6–⁠0.

AwayVirginia1–⁠2 in 1897
0
HomePennsylvania15–⁠0 in 1897
42

FinalAttendance 3,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Saint Paul globe's story: VIRGINIA BEATEN. DasilinG Game Played by the Penn syIVania Eleven.

    The Saint Paul globe, Minnesota, October 14, 1897, page 5

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    VIRGINIA BEATEN. DasilinG Game Played by the Penn syIVania Eleven. PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. 1s.-The Uni versity of Pennsylvania defeated the University of Virginia football team today in two halves of % and 20 minutes each by the score of AZ to 0. The red and blue played dash ing game their only fault being three fumbles by Weeks and Fortesque. The Virginians were constantly getting hurt and the game ians were unable to endanger the goal of the red and blue. Touchdowns, Jackson, Hedges, Hare, McCracken 2, Fortesque Goodman, Goals, Minds 2, Walker t. Mcrice Umpire, Wyckoff, Cornell. Refree, Vail, Pennsyl- Vania.

  • The The morning news's story: PENNSYLVANIA vs.. VIRGINIA. The Former Foot Ball Team Victort- Gus in Score of ~ too.

    The morning news, Savannah, Ga., October 14, 1897, page 1

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    PENNSYLVANIA vs.. VIRGINIA. The Former Foot Ball Team Victort- Gus in Score of ~ too. Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. 13.-The University Of Pennsylvania defeated the University of Virginia foot ball team to-day in TWO halves of twenty-five and twenty min utes each, by the score of ~ to 0. Inc Red and Blue played a dashing game, their only fault being three fumbles by Weeks and Fortescue. me Nirginians were constantly getting hurt and the game was tiresome on this account.

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 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 15–⁠1 in 16 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
1950Pennsylvania 21, Virginia 7
1949Virginia 26, Pennsylvania 14
1947Pennsylvania 19, Virginia 7
1946Pennsylvania 40, Virginia 0
1930Pennsylvania 40, Virginia 6
1924Pennsylvania 27, Virginia 0

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