Navy at Pennsylvania

Saturday, October 30, 1937

Pennsylvania beat Navy 14–⁠7. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 12–⁠9–⁠1.

AwayNavy4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1937
7
HomePennsylvania2–⁠5–⁠1 in 1937
14

FinalHigh 75°F, low 48°FAttendance 63,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Detroit to Test Manhattan.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 1, 1937, page 35 (results column)

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    Detroit to Test Manhattan. MANI TAN, which spotted Georgetown two touchdowns and then won, 20–⁠12, plays Detroit, whose perfect record was ruined by Villanova, 10. Villanova, still boasting perfect defensive record. should have little trouble with Marquette, bombarded by Santa Clara, $50. Princeton and Dartmouth are paired In the only “Ivy League” encounter of the week. Princeton, thoroughly tanned by Harvard, 34–⁠6, in the Grim sons first major victory under Dick Harlow’s coaching, seems to have small chance of stopping the Dart mouth juggernaut. The Indians from Hanover had Yale we’ll whipped, 80, only to see the indomitable Ellis square the count in the last few seconds of play on 35-yard touchdown pass from Clint Frank to AL Hessberg and Gil Humphreys subsequent point after touchdown. Yale may get comparative Sbreather” with Brown. Columbia, stopped cold by Cornell, 14–⁠0, as George Peck returned to the Ithacans backfield, plays Navy. shocked by a 14–⁠7 defeat at the hands of Penns aroused Quakers. Penn plays Penn State. Harvard, with its running at tack finally clicking, plays Army, 20–⁠7 victor over Virginia Military.

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)

Navy 51% to win. Pennsylvania won as Elo’s underdog.

Pennsylvania leads 22–⁠21–⁠4 in 47 meetings, counting the 25 since this game.

Recent meetings
1987Navy 38, Pennsylvania 28
1986Pennsylvania 30, Navy 26
1960Navy 27, Pennsylvania 0
1959Navy 22, Pennsylvania 22
1958Navy 50, Pennsylvania 8
1957Navy 35, Pennsylvania 7

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