Navy at Pennsylvania

Saturday, November 1, 1941

No. 11 Navy beat No. 8 Pennsylvania 13–⁠6. It was their 26th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 14–⁠10–⁠2.

Away11Navy7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1941
13
Home8Pennsylvania7–⁠1 in 1941
6

FinalHigh 68°F, low 55°F, 0.66 in. of rainAttendance 74,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 1, 1941, page 19

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    the sideline for a touchdown. Davis extra-point try was low. Werner took the kickoff to his ~ after a new Navy team was inserted and with the MILDLY backs slashing at the line the ball was moved to Penns 80. AS the period ended, Clark gained 8. Score-Navy, l3; Pennsylvania. 6. Fourth Quarter. With Clark and Werner alternating in carrying the ball, Navy marched to Penn’s l3 but suddenly abandoned the ground game and tried pass. Clark’s heave partially was blocked and Davis intercepted and ran it IL yards to his IT, Penn tried a passing attack but this. too, backfred when Fedon, MILDLY center, intercepted tumble after a short aerial was completed. This gave Navy the ball on its 80. Werner punted and Penn drew a l5-yard penalty for clipping, giving the Quakers possession on their 10. When he attempted to hit tackle. Stiff fumbled and Chip Of Navy recovered on the l3. Gebert got but two more plays were stopped and for the third time Leonard tried for a field goal, The angle was the worst yet and the ball skidded of, Penn taking on its Is. but three plays later Navy had the ball when Smith fumbled and Maxson recovered on the Is. Gebert and Werner banged to a first down on the S on a quartet of hard thrusts. After two more bucks failed to gain. however, Navy’s No. / team came back but was stopped on the 6-inch line and Penn took over Smith desperately tried pass but Boothe intercepted and Navy had the ball on the 13. Clark went to the as the game ended. Final score-Navy, 13; Penn, 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 61% to win. Navy pulled the upset.

Pennsylvania leads 22–⁠21–⁠4 in 47 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.

Recent meetings
1987Navy 38, Pennsylvania 28
1986Pennsylvania 30, Navy 26
1960Navy 27, Pennsylvania 0
1959Navy 22, Pennsylvania 22
1958Navy 50, Pennsylvania 8
1957Navy 35, Pennsylvania 7

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