Pennsylvania at Yale

Saturday, October 11, 1941

Pennsylvania beat Yale 28–⁠13. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Yale led the series 16–⁠5.

AwayPennsylvania7–⁠1 in 1941
28
HomeYale1–⁠7 in 1941
13

FinalHigh 57°F, low 33°F, 0.07 in. of rainAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BALL @ {A{5SW{5 IFS Mn

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 13, 1941, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL @ {A{5SW{5 IFS Mn The following are final scores of football games played last Satur- day afternoon: Texas Christian 20; Indiana IA. Nebraska 32; Kansas o. Fordham 27; North Carolina IA. Minnesota 34; Illinois G. Notre Dame 20; Georgia Tech 0. Clemson 26; Boston College 13. Tennessee 26; Dayton O. Vanderbilt 39; Kentucky IS. Michigan 40; Pittsburgh 0. Northwestern 4l; Wisconsin IA. Dartmout IS; Colgate 6. Columbia 21; Princeton 0. Penn 28; Yale 13. Michigan State 13; Marquette ‘. Army 27; Virginia Military 20. Texas Aggies 49; New York Unl- versity ‘. Syracuse 6; Holy Cross 0. Navy 41; Lafayette 2. West Virginia 20; West Virginia Wesleyan 0. Cornell 2; Harvard 0. Brown IA; Rhode Island State ‘. Duke 50: Maryland 0. Penn State 27; Bucknell 13. Stanford 0; Oregon State 10. University of Washington 23: Washington State 13. Santa Clara 13; California o. Oregon 20; University of South ern California 6.

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.

Yale leads 45–⁠24–⁠1 in 70 meetings, counting the 49 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Yale 35, Pennsylvania 13
2024Yale 31, Pennsylvania 10
2023Pennsylvania 27, Yale 17
2022Pennsylvania 20, Yale 13
2021Yale 42, Pennsylvania 28
2019Yale 46, Pennsylvania 41

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