Yale at Pennsylvania
Saturday, October 8, 1938 Share
Pennsylvania beat Yale 21–0. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Yale led the series 16–2.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 42°F
In the newspapers

Imperial Valley press, California, October 9, 1938, page 1
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Troions Come Beck to Beot Ohio State 14–7 score. Oliver Day, former San Diego high gridder, passed to Kruger for the winning tally. Pennsylvania University surprised the east with = 21–0 victory over a comparatively weak Yale UniVersity eleven. Penn scored in every period but the third. Princeton, once the class OF east ern football teams, and Harvard, another of the Big Three ON the Atlantic coast, went down to defeat before Dartmouth and Cornell. Dartmouth’s big green team routed

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 10, 1938, page 5 (results column)
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FOOT BALL M {A{5SW{5TS Ne The following are scores of prln- cipal football games played last Saturday afternoon: Washington o; U.CL.A. 13. Texas A and M O. Santa Clara T. North Dakota State 0; Idaho 27. Washington State 0; Stanford S. Portland O.; Oregon State 19. College of the Pacific 0; Califor- mia 39. Centenary 6; Southwestern of Memphis o. Duquesne c; Pittsburgh 27. Tulane IT; North Carolina IA. LaFayette 0; Brown 20. Duke ?; Colgate 0. Waynesburg O; Fordham 5. Dartsmouth g; Princeton 0. New York 26; Rutgers 6. Manhattan 6; Holy Cross 19. Columbia 20; Army Is. Yale 0; Pennsylvania 21. Virginia O. Navy S. Chicago ‘; Michigan 45. Washington and Lee 6; West Vir- ginia 6, tie. Lehigh O., Case 0, tie. Carnegie Tech 32; Wittenberg 13. Vanderbilt IA; Kentucky T. Bucknell IA; Penn State O. Virginia Tech 27; William and Mary 0. Cornell 20; Harvard 0. Holy Cross 19; Manhattan 6. Drake O.; Northwestern B. Purdue 0; Minnesota ‘. Auburn 0: Tennessee T. Alabama IA; North Carolina State 0. Missouri 13 Kansas State 21. Southern California IA: Ohio State ‘. California Aggies 0; California 43. Indiana 2; Illinois 12. Wisconsin 31; Iowa 13 Baylor g; Arkansas 6. Iowa State 8; Nebraska ‘. Oklahoma 13 Texas 0. Notre Dame IA; Georgia Tech 6.

Evening star, October 9, 1938, page 30 (results column)
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Alabama met with unexpected resistance from North Carolina State but won, 1910. while Minnesota like wise had its troubles before moving down Purdue, TO, although the sta tistics favored Minnesota by heavy margin. Pitt, playing right up to top form, buried It’s .intracity rival, Duquesne, under = 21–0 count. Duke and Notre Dame chalked up intersectional triumphs for the South and Middle West. Duke won from Colgate, TO, but just did stave on the Red Raiders aerial lombard ment In the final quarter. Notre Danes 1876 victory over Georgia Tech came only after = struggle. In the East, Columbia, Penn, Dartmouth and Cornell all regis tered notable victories. Columbia, paced again by Sid Luckman, came from far behind to nip Army, 20-lS, in the days most spectacular engagement. Penn overpowered Yale, 2l-0, for the flrst time in years and handed the Els the first WITHDRAWING they had suffered in 81 successive games. Princeton held Dartmouth ior two periods, but crumpled then and was beaten soundly. 22–0. Cor nell took advantage OF every Harward mistake to roll up = 400 count. all three touchdowns conaing on long runs. Holy Cross piled up q 1876 score on. Manhattan. Syracuse handed Maryland
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Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Pennsylvania 50% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Yale–Pennsylvania gameYale leads 45–24–1 in 70 meetings, counting the 52 since this game.
| 2025 | Yale 35, Pennsylvania 13 | |
| 2024 | Yale 31, Pennsylvania 10 | |
| 2023 | Pennsylvania 27, Yale 17 | |
| 2022 | Pennsylvania 20, Yale 13 | |
| 2021 | Yale 42, Pennsylvania 28 | |
| 2019 | Yale 46, Pennsylvania 41 |
Around this game
Yale
- Next gamevs. NavyOct. 15, 1938
- SeasonYale in 1938
- ProgramYale history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gameat PrincetonOct. 15, 1938
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1938
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records

