Harvard at Pennsylvania
Saturday, November 9, 1940 Share
Harvard and No. 15 Pennsylvania tied 10–10. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 13–10–1.
FinalHigh 48°F, low 34°F
In the newspapers
The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 10, 1940, page 1
Read the text
Harpard Wins Moral Victory, Tying Penn PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 9-RN Fair Harvard’s sons won glory without victory today by tying powerful Pennsylvania 10 to 10 in a S battle before $4,000 surprised spectators at Franklin field. Winner only over Amherst this football season, Coach Dick Harlows spunky team stopped a high scoring Pennsylvania machine which has bowed only to Mich igan. The deadlock ruined PENIS hopes for a clean sweep of the big Three” in the Ivy league.
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 73% to win.
The series
Every Harvard–Pennsylvania gameHarvard leads 47–25–2 in 74 meetings, counting the 50 since this game.
Around this game
Harvard
- Next gamevs. BrownNov. 16, 1940
- SeasonHarvard in 1940
- ProgramHarvard history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gamevs. ArmyNov. 16, 1940
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1940
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records