Army at Pennsylvania

Saturday, November 15, 1941

No. 14 Pennsylvania beat No. 19 Army 14–⁠7. It was their third meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 2–⁠1.

Away19Army5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1941
7
Home14Pennsylvania7–⁠1 in 1941
14

FinalHigh 68°F, low 44°FAttendance 70,000

In the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story: Penn Rallies To Beat Army

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, November 16, 1941, page 23

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    Penn Rallies To Beat Army PHILADELPHIA, Nov. IS. - More than 5000 today saw Penn. outplayed in the first half, come back to beat a scrsppy Army team. 14–⁠7. Bert Stiff and 49, pound Johnny Welsh scored the Penn touch downs before Army put across a point. but the Cadets did not LET up and Hank Mazur put Army back in the ball game with a thrilling S3-yard punt return for a touchdown. Inspired by a revived opportunity TO tie up the game after Gene Smith converted for the seventh point, the Cadets fought violently. But their scoring threat ended. as so many others did in the course OF the long, warm sfternoon-with an interception oil a pass. Penn marched al yards In six plays for It’s first touchdown late IN the third period. Stiff went over through center for the lasi three yards. Bill Millers 65-yarc punt return 10 the Fl set the next scoring advance in motion. Welsf went II yards through center fol the tally. Davis kicked boil points after touchdowns. The Penn defense against for ward passes hobbled Arny’s at tack with six interruptions wher the Cadets were in Penn territory

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 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Army leads 13–⁠4–⁠2 in 19 meetings, counting the 16 since this game.

Recent meetings
1985Army 41, Pennsylvania 3
1984Army 48, Pennsylvania 13
1955Army 40, Pennsylvania 0
1954Army 35, Pennsylvania 0
1953Army 21, Pennsylvania 14
1952Army 14, Pennsylvania 13

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