Columbia at Pennsylvania

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  Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, November 9, 1941, page 20

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  Columbia Edged Out By Quakers, 19 to 16 Penn Player Runs Backward IS Yards, Gives Foe Safety \ PHILADELPHIA. Nov. s. Penn and Columbia thrilled nearly $4,000 spectators today in ding dong struggle that ended with the Quakers pulling out l9 TO 10 victory. Penn scored in the opening Pc Rod but failed 10 convert. The Lions did after their second quarter touchdown. Twice in the third period, Penn hit pay dirt. Column bias remaining 9 points came IN the last quarter. Pennsylvania unleaShed one OF the longest safeties in the books when 0Deif deliberately ran back 81 yards late in the fourth quarter 10 give Columbia two more points. Governali passed the Quakers into a Semi-coma. but Columbia did not have an adequate ground attack. me QuakerS scored in the first quarter when Bert Stiff passed 10 Bernard KucZynski for a 27-yard gain and touchdown. In the second quarter, Governali tossed to Jack Kelleher for 81 yard gain 10 the l. He plunged over himself for the tally. In the third quarter. Pennsylvania started from its own AZ on a kick exchange and marched TO a score as Stiff’s passing stood out. Penn went ahead. l9 10 Z. The team OF Governali to Siegal put the ball on the Pennsylvania 1-yard line shortly after the fourth quarter opened. Governali raced over, Ferrarini converting.

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  Evening star, November 9, 1941, page 41

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  Penn Completes II of Ia filings To Whip Columbia at Its Own Game in 79-to-76 Thriller yard advance that accounted for Colulnbia’s last touchdown early in the fourth period. A 20-yard heave to Tom Rock put the ball on the Penn 81, an 18-yard toss to Joe Siegal on the IA and 13-yard sling shot down the middle to Siegal made it first down on the one. Again Governali found a hole at guard for the score and again Ferrarini converted. With 3 minutes to play Odell ran backwards 38 yards over his goal line to give the Lions an Intentional safety. Gene Davis then kicked of from the 20 and one play later intercepted Governali’s long pass to kill Columbia’s last ditch hopes. Penn made II first downs. IA of them in the second half, to Columbias IA and outrushed the Lions 141 yards to SO. In the air Co. lumbia gained 1913 yards to Penn’s 1873,

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 10, 1941, page 5 (results column)

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  FOOT BAIL @ R{3SW{5 IFS Mr The following are final scores If principal football games played last Saturday afternoon. Fordham O. Pittsburgh l3. Missouri 26; New York Univer- sity 0. Detroit T; Marquette 6. Cornell 21: Yale 2. West Virginia 21; Kansas o. Notre Dame 20; Navy 13. Penn State 34; Syracuse l9. Minnesota 9; Nebraska 0. Lafayette 16; Rutgers 0. Harvard 20; Army 6. Dartmouth 20; Princeton 13. Temple IA; Villanova 13. Holy Cross 13; Brown 0. Boston College 26; Wake Forest 6. Ohio State 46; Wisconsin 34. Duke 56; Davidson 0. Iowa 21; Illinois O. Georgia 19; Florida 3. Georgetown 26; Maryland 0. Pennsylvania 19; Columbia 16. Michigan State 0; Purdue 0. Kansas State 3; South Carolina 0. Virginia Tech IA; North Caro- lima State 13. s.-... .s. Alabama 19; Tulane IA Virginia 27; Washington and Lee T. Georgia Tech 20; Kentucky 13. Cincinnati 20; Carnegie Tech 0. Northwestern 20; Indiana l4. Mississippi State IA; Auburn ‘. Tennessee 28; Howard G. Vanderbilt 20; SeWanee O. Stanford 13; Southern Califor- mia 0. University of Washington 13, California 6. UCLA 0; Oregon State 19. Washington State 26; Idaho 0.

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Pennsylvania leads 61–⁠22–⁠1 in 84 meetings, counting the 60 since this game.