Maryland at Pennsylvania

Saturday, October 25, 1941

No. 12 Pennsylvania beat Maryland 55–⁠6. It was their fifth meeting; Pennsylvania leads the series 4–⁠1.

AwayMaryland3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1941
6
Home12Pennsylvania7–⁠1 in 1941
55

FinalHigh 60°F, low 48°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 28, 1941, page 17

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    With the return Of Jack Wright and Tom Mont, reliable soph backs who saw no action against Penn sylvania last week, Maryland is harboring no inferiority complex as its football forces prepare for Saturdays struggle with Rutgers at New Brunswick Wright. withheld from the Penn sylvania rout by Coach Jack Faber due to a pulled hip muscle, is ready to bolster the Terps’ offense. Faber could have used the 208-pound full back in a pinch against the Quakers, but decided against it after Penn sylvania accumulated its large early lead. Voted the Southern Conference back of the week against Florida. Wright aggravated his leg with a bruise near the knee. Eyes, Wright could have helped some against Pennsylvania. admits Faber, but why take a chance? Well be back in our own league this week and he’ll be able to do us more good” Two Guards are Battered. John Morton and Frank Heyer, regular Maryland guards. were bat tered badly in the Penn game, but both are expected to labor at least part time at New Brunswick. Other wise the Terps are in good condition and feel they have an even chance of spilling Rutgers. Maryland’s attack against Penn wasn’t as feeble as the 55–⁠6 score would indicate. The Terps gained

  • The Detroit evening times's story: 94-YARD DARTMOUTH DRIVE BEATS ELS

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 26, 1941, page 20

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    94-YARD DARTMOUTH DRIVE BEATS ELS touchdown. Wyoming never Seriously threatened Mullins S0-yard sprint for 8 touchdown featured Kentucky 1876 triumph observation-disclosures While lightning flashed and heavy rain poured, an underdog Denver University team fought Utah TO a scoreleSs tie before 1900 fans. Bud Schwenk’s pass intercept ton. followed by an S0-yard touch down run, sent Washington Uni versity Of ST. Louis on its way 10 a 1877 victory over Centenary Col lege in an intersectional game. Tulsa UnivcrSity’s two lightning aerial thrusts in the first period gave them a 100 triumph over Oklahoma AggieS. Glenn sDobbs tossed both scoring passes. one 10 Jim NickerS. another TO ElSton Campbell Pennsylvania grid machine rolled TO a 55–⁠6 rout Of Maryland as Bert Stiff set the pace with three touchdowns. Bill MostertZ. sub Penn center. ran 90 yards after intercepting a pass for the most thrilling tally, however. Hank Margarita spanked Brown

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 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 4–⁠1 in five meetings.

Recent meetings
1941Pennsylvania 55, Maryland 6
1940Pennsylvania 51, Maryland 0
1937Pennsylvania 28, Maryland 21
1923Maryland 3, Pennsylvania 0
1922Pennsylvania 12, Maryland 0

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