Lafayette at Pennsylvania

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  Evening star, October 8, 1939, page 28

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  Quick Kick by Penn Leads 10 so Win Over Lafayette PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 7.-Pennsylvania capitalized on a quick kick to shove over a first period touch down and open its football season today with a 6-to-0 victory over Lafayette before 10000 at Franklin Field. Frank Reagans boot caught the Maroon secondary up close and showed the visitors back on their own S. Sam Meyers return punt carried to the Lafayette Al whence the Quakers started the drive that successfully inaugurated youthful George Munger’s second year as head coach. Despite a hot sun that put the temperature in the 80’s Penn rolled up IL first downs to and gained 203 yards from scrimmage to 64.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 9, 1939, page 5 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL SCORES The following are final scores of leading football games played last Saturday afternoon: Stanford O: Oregon 10. Idaho 6; oregon State ‘. Washington State 0, Southern California 27 St. Mary’s ‘; California 3. University of Washington ‘; U. CHA. IA. Alabama T. Fordham 6. West Virginia 0; Pitt 20 Missouri 0; Ohio State 19. Bates 0; Harvard 20. Rochester o; Oberlin 12. Western Reserve 12; Ohio U. l4. DePauw 6; Ohio Wesleyan 33. Virginia Military Institute 2; Dav- idson O. Auburn 0; Tulane 12 Texas Christian 13; Arkansas 14. Iowa State 32; Indiana 29. Kentucky 21; Vanderbilt 13. Brown 20: Amherst Ia. Syracuse 6; Cornell l9. Rhode Island 0; Name 24. Franklin Marshall 2, Boston U. 13. New York U. 43; Penn Military 0. Michigan State 13, Michigan 26, LaFayette 0; Pennsylvania 6. Bucknell 3; Penn State l3. Worcester Tech 6; Coast Guard Academy 0. Williams 6; Princeton 26. Centre 6; Army 2. Columbia ‘; Yale 10. Louisiana State 26; Holy Cross T. Carnegie Tech 6; Temple 0. Colgate 0; Duke 37. Texas IT; Wisconsin T. Iowa State 0; Kansas IA. Minnesota 0: Nebraska 6. Georgia Tech IA; Notre Dame IT.. Oklahoma 23; Northwestern O

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Pennsylvania leads 55–⁠21–⁠4 in 80 meetings, counting the 29 since this game.