Navy at Pennsylvania
Saturday, November 2, 1940 Share
No. 15 Pennsylvania beat No. 14 Navy 20–0. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 14–9–2.
FinalHigh 64°F, low 51°F, 0.92 in. of rainAttendance 70,200
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 3, 1940, page 37
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Navy Outgans Foe by Big Margin but Bows Penn Defeat 200 Tulsa Calls Halt On Detroit, 20 by VIC hSoOCidLCu IiCoo DETROIT, Nov. TULSA Uni versity’s football behemoths snuffed out Detroti’s hopes for a defeatless season today with a convincing 7 to 0 victory The victory, first for Tulsa in five games with Detroit, was accomplished on a 31-yard touch down pass from N. A. Keithley to Glenn Dobbs midway of the fourth period. Dobbs took the toss on Detroit’s 14-yard line and outlegged two pursuing Titans in a race to the goal line. Roy Buffalo came in the game and booted the extra point from placement.

The Daily Alaska empire, November 4, 1940, page 5
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I0,ooo SEE NAVY LOSE OUT TO PENN PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov A. Frank Reagon scored one touch down on a 28-yard run as Penn sylvania knocked over the Navy last Saturday afternoon from the undefeated and united ranks with 20 to 0, score before 10000 spec tat0rs

The Key West citizen. (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, Florida, November 4, 1940, page 1 (results column)
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FOOTBALL SCORES CBy Associated Pressl MinneSota’s Golden GopherS annexed their fifth straight vic tory Saturday to gain undisputed lead of the Big Ten Conference. Defeated Northwestern, 1912, to remain unbeaten and united. Notre Dame won an unimpressive decision over Army, TO, to stay within the ranks of I’M tied-unbeaten elevens. Cornell’s Ithacans rolled over Columbia, 80, to gain their thirteenth shutout in a row and their seventeenth straight win. Tulane’s Green Wave ended the Clemson Tigers 13-game win ming streak Saturday, 1910. Brown registered its first triumph over Yale in eight years by downing the Blues, GO. Other scores: Ohio State, 81; Indiana, 6. Harvard, o; Princeton, 0. Southern Methodist, 81; Texas. Is. Colgate. 6; Holy Cross, o. Pennsylvania, 20; Navy, 0. Michigan State, 80; Kansas State, O. Duke, Al; Georgia Tech. Z. Fordham. IA; North Carolina, O. Mississippi, Is: Vanderbilt. Z. Tennessee, %; L.S.U.. 0. Texas A. & NJ, II; Arkansas, %. Temple, 10; Bucknell. Z. V.M.I., o; William and Mary, 0. Purdue, 81: Iowa. 6. West Virginia. u; Washington and Lee, z.

The Nome nugget, November 4, 1940, page 1 (results column)
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Football Scores Saturday, Nov ? l4) - Finals Oregon Fresh 0 - Washington Frosh 9. Oregon State 19-California 13 Washington State 26-Idaho 0 Stanford 20-UCLA IA Utah 2O-Colorado 13 Utah State 7-Brigham Young 12. Montana State T – Colorado Mines 21 Monaaa 0-Oregon 38. St. Mary’s 25-Portland 13 Santa Clara 27-University of San Francisco c Georgia Tech 7-Duke Al Temple 1O-Bucknell T Tulsa 7-Dstroit 0 Minnesota l3 - Northwestern l2 Baylor 12-Texas Christian fl Alabama 25-Kentucky 0 New York University 0-Miss- ouri 33 Mississippi 13-Vanderbilt T Louisiana State 0-TeneSsee 28 Purdue 2l-IoWa 6 Clemson 0-Tulane l3 Auburn l3-Georgia IA Illinois 6-Wisconsin 13 Notrs Dame Army 0 Navy 0-Pennsylvania 20 Colgate 6-Holy Cross 0 Dartmouth Observance 0 Brown 6 - Yale 2 Columbia 0-Cornell 27 Princeton 0-Harvard North Carolina 0-Fordham 14 Kansas State 0 - Michigan State l2 Boston College 25-Manhattan / 0. / Indiana 6-Ohio State 2l / Georgetown 28-SyracuSe
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 53% to win. Pennsylvania pulled the upset. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Navy–Pennsylvania gamePennsylvania leads 22–21–4 in 47 meetings, counting the 22 since this game.
| 1987 | Navy 38, Pennsylvania 28 | |
| 1986 | Pennsylvania 30, Navy 26 | |
| 1960 | Navy 27, Pennsylvania 0 | |
| 1959 | Navy 22, Pennsylvania 22 | |
| 1958 | Navy 50, Pennsylvania 8 | |
| 1957 | Navy 35, Pennsylvania 7 |
Around this game
Navy
- Next gamevs. Notre DameNov. 9, 1940
- SeasonNavy in 1940
- ProgramNavy history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gamevs. HarvardNov. 9, 1940
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1940
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records

