Pennsylvania at Yale

Saturday, October 10, 1936

Yale beat Pennsylvania 7–⁠0. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Yale led the series 15–⁠1.

AwayPennsylvania7–⁠1 in 1936
0
HomeYale7–⁠1 in 1936
7

FinalHigh 69°F, low 54°F, 0.79 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington times's story: Each Boasts Trigger N an

    The Washington times, District of Columbia, October 16, 1936, page 1

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    Each Boasts Trigger N an IHT1eS sports EdIf0F You may search the football map from the four boundaries of the country and not find a more tempting foot ball morsel than is available to Washing tonians tomorrow, al most at our very door step. : Any time Nays football squad trots out on the field there you will find color and glamor and appeal. But in the Navy–Yale game at Baltimore’s Municipal Stadium starting at 2 o’clock on the NOR row, there is an especial appeal that has a strong hold on all service people particularly, as well as bulldog grip on the faithful Yale followers, who, in many recent years haven’t had a great deal to follow. Two Good Teams But that is college football for you. The pendulum sometimes swings high and often as not, low. Any college coach will tell you that. This year, however, both Navy and Yale are in the upper strata. They are enjoying what has all the ear marks of a peak year. That augurs for a fierce battle. Ticket inquiries and calls for game data, auto and rail routes, indicate Washington will sit heavily in attendance. No matter how you are travelling, take tip from one who has been caught in many last-minute foot ball jams, and plan an early take off. BY inhabiting your seat early you will avoid what is bound to resuit in traffic congestion in the pregame moments, regardless OF the best policing arrangements. Besides, there is always a good entertainment on the field before the kickoff when two such instibuttons as Yale and Navy trod the terrain. You shouldn’t miss this. Navy TWice Loser Navy has never beaten the New Haven contingent in their two scattered meetings. At Annapolis away back in 1901, when lot of you weren’t even born, the Ellis ran rough shod over the Middies. “a to 0, to put it bluntly. They resumed football affiliatons year ago, up at New Haven, and there was no such holocaust as occurred in their first meeting, a tiny point separating them at the end-the margin of kicked goal after touchdown. The score was to g. That tiny difference is very much in the craw of Tom Hamiltons crew this week end as the two teams take their quarrel to Baltimore to be ironed out on neutrail territory. and my friends, I am looking for a football game indeed! Hard Earned Victory The fighting Bulldog, for in stance, and just to give you line on how Yale emphasizes fight with it’s current team, came through the Penn game a week ago, tattered and torn. but with victory in to it’s bosom-a 7 to 0 victory and not easily earned. Through the first semister the twain fought to a stand-off, Penn making a desperate second-period attack which Yale stemmed on their very goal line. Then the break came. The Continued on Page IS, Col. u

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)

Yale 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 45–⁠24–⁠1 in 70 meetings, counting the 54 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Yale 35, Pennsylvania 13
2024Yale 31, Pennsylvania 10
2023Pennsylvania 27, Yale 17
2022Pennsylvania 20, Yale 13
2021Yale 42, Pennsylvania 28
2019Yale 46, Pennsylvania 41

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