Harvard at Pennsylvania
Saturday, October 4, 1941 Share
Pennsylvania beat Harvard 19–0. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 13–11–1.
FinalHigh 88°F, low 71°F
In the newspapers

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.

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.
The series
Every Harvard–Pennsylvania gameHarvard leads 47–25–2 in 74 meetings, counting the 49 since this game.
Around this game
Harvard
- Next gamevs. CornellOct. 11, 1941
- SeasonHarvard in 1941
- ProgramHarvard history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gameat YaleOct. 11, 1941
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1941
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records

