Harvard at Pennsylvania

Saturday, October 4, 1941

Pennsylvania beat Harvard 19–⁠0. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 13–⁠11–⁠1.

AwayHarvard5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1941
0
HomePennsylvania7–⁠1 in 1941
19

FinalHigh 88°F, low 71°F

In the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story: SOUTHWEST Penn Smothers Harvard, " TO 0

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 5, 1941, page 21

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    SOUTHWEST Penn Smothers Harvard, “ TO 0 PHILADELPHIA. Oct 4 Penn opened IT’S Sixty-fifth football sea son auspiciousiy today, smotherng -1hepT Harvard, $50, before an estimated $4,000 spectators. Harvard threatened only once going to PENIS Z late in the fourth quarter. Capt Gene Davis opened -seeFing for Penn, going over from the Is early in the first quarter. lie kicked The point, Odell took the ball across IN the third period after a Penn mach from midGeld. A 66-yard dash by Brundage in the fourth period gave the Red and Blue its final score.

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: Football Results

    Imperial Valley press, California, October 5, 1941, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Results Pittsburgh 0; Purdue 6. Colgate 7: Penn State 0. Michigan 6; Iowa 0. Northwestern 81, Kansas State 3 Penn 19. Harvard 0. Yale p; Virginia 10. Army 10; The Citadel 6 Duke 10; Tennessee 0. Cornell Is; Syracuse 0. Fordham 16; S.M.U. 10, Stanford FroSh 20; Long Beach &c Rochester l3; Cberlin 6. Coast Guard Academy 48; Wor cCStcr 0. Michigan g. Iowa 0. EastOn Lafayette 0 N. Y u. g. Ohio u. 0 Western Reserve :. Vermont 7; Trinity 8. Mass State 8; Connecticut 6 BoWdoin 13; Wesleyan 7. Shippensburg, Sc; KutztoWn 0. Columbia l3; Brown g. Notre Dame 10; Indiana 6, Navy 40 West Virginia 0. Union 0; Hobert 49, Holy Cross l3; Providence 0. Bates Z; New Hampshire 6. Colby 7; Norwich 81. Clarkson 20 ithaca o.

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 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Harvard leads 47–⁠25–⁠2 in 74 meetings, counting the 49 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Harvard 45, Pennsylvania 43
2024Harvard 31, Pennsylvania 28
2023Harvard 25, Pennsylvania 23
2022Harvard 37, Pennsylvania 14
2021Harvard 23, Pennsylvania 7
2019Pennsylvania 24, Harvard 20

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