Navy at Pennsylvania

Saturday, November 4, 1939

Pennsylvania beat Navy 13–⁠6. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 13–⁠9–⁠2.

AwayNavy3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1939
6
HomePennsylvania4–⁠4 in 1939
13

FinalHigh 50°F, low 33°FAttendance 70,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL Sec

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 4, 1939, page 2 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL Sec The following are final scores of football games played this after noon as received up to press time University of Washington g; Montana O. Notre Dame 14; Army 0. Rice T; Fordham 13. Navy 6; Penn 13. Harvard 6; Princeton g. Columbia T; Cornell 13 Pitt 13; Temple T. Indiana 0; Ohio State 27 Michigan State A; Syracuse 3. Marquette IS; Duquesne 2l. Dartmouth 33; Yale O. Lafayette 0; New York U. IA. North Carolina State 0; North Carolina IT. Florida 0; South Carolina 6. Coast Guard Academy T; Wes- leyan University 20. Maryland 0; Penn State 12 Centre 6; Cincinnati 6, tie. Wake Forest IA; Marshall 13. Tulsa T; Catholic U. 13 West Virginia 0; Georgetown l4. Iowa 4; Purdue 0. Texas Aggies 21; Arkansas 0. Duke ‘; Georgia Tech 6. Nebraska l3; Missouri 27 Northwestern IA Minnesota T. Kentucky ‘; Alabama ‘, tie. Michigan T; Illinois l6 Tennessee 20; Louisiana State O.

  • The The Nome nugget's story: Football Scores November 4

    The Nome nugget, November 6, 1939, page 3 (results column)

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    Football Scores November 4 Iowa 4-Purdue o Texas Aggies 21-Arkansas 0 Duke 7-Georgia Tech 6 Nebraska 13-MisSouri 27 Northwestern 14-MinneSota 2 Kentucky 7-Alabama ‘, tie Michigan 7-Illinois 16 Tennessee 20-Louisian State c Washington 9-Montana 0 Idaho 19-Utah State ? Oregon 38-Washington State 0 Southern California 19- Ore gen State 2 Santa Clara 27-Stanford ‘ UCLA 20-California Notre Dame 14-Army 0 Rice 7-Fordham 13 Navy 6-Penn 13 Harvard 6-Princeton 9 Columbia 7-Cornell 13 Pitt 13-Temple 7 Indiana 0-Ohio Etate 27 St. Marys 6-Dayton Univer- sity 6 San Francisco University IA Loyalo Los Angeles ‘ Texas Christian 0-Baylor 27

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 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 22–⁠21–⁠4 in 47 meetings, counting the 23 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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