Columbia at Pennsylvania

Saturday, October 24, 1942

No. 17 Pennsylvania beat Columbia 42–⁠12. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 19–⁠5–⁠1.

AwayColumbia3–⁠6 in 1942
12
Home17Pennsylvania5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1942
42

FinalHigh 63°F, low 50°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Penn Whips Columbia, 2to12 But Governu|i Grabs Honors Pitchin' Paul Leaves Field With Cheers Even Of Enemy Spectators in His Ears

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 25, 1942, page 34

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    Penn Whips Columbia, 2to12 But Governu|i Grabs Honors Pitchin’ Paul Leaves Field With Cheers Even Of Enemy Spectators in His Ears PHILADELPHIA Oct A-Pennsylvania pounded Columbia all Franklin Field today football decision Ptch Paul Govena about everything ese including the cheers Of 4o0oo fans for his job for the Lions just OF too little only late but Lou Les outmanned outfit With Right Left

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 26, 1942, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES The following are final scores of principal football games played last Saturday afternoon: California 19; University of Washington G.. Washington State 26; Oregon State 13. Southern California 6; Stanford A. Santa Clara 6; UCLA IA. Idaho 0; oregon 28. Creighton B; Drake IA. Corpus Christi Navy 6; Southern Methodist 21. North Carolina IA; Tulane 29. Denver l2; Utah 21. Texas A & M 0; Baylor 6. Iowa State 61; Missouri 45. Nebraska T. Oklahoma o. Kansas 19; Kansas State 2. North Dakota IA; North Dakota State 26. Carnegie Tech 27; Buffalo IA. Duke 28; Pitt 0. Cornell T; Syracuse 12. Susquehanna 6; City College 0. Waynesburg 0; West Virginia 27. Randolph Macon 0; Wofford 20. Wake Forest 0; Boston College 27. Holy Cross 28; North Carolina State 0. Bucknell 13; Boston University I7. Rutgers 10; Lehigh 28. | Ursinus o; Muhlenberg 41. Great Lakes 0; Michigan State IA Columbia 12; Penn 42. Colgate 10; Penn State 13. Georgia Tech 21; Navy O. Union 38; RPI 6. Duquesne T; Manhattan TO- Ohio Wesleyan IA; Ohio Uniyer, sity 26 Dartmouth 2; Yale IT. Western Maryland 0; Maryland 51. Army IA; Harvard O. Amherst 27; Wesleyan 0. Virginia 13; Lafayette 19. Lakehurst Naval 20; Penn Mili- tary T. John Hopkins o. Haverford “A. Trinity T; Coast Guard 35. Bates T. Maine g. Mississippi State 26; Florida l2 Delaware 20; Dickson O. Georgia 35 Cincinnati 13. Franklin Marshall 0; Gettysburg 20. Alabama IA; Kentucky O. Notre Dame 21; Illinois IA. Ohio State 20; Northwestern 6. Brown 13; Princeton 32 Minnesota Is; Michigan IA. George Washington 0; William and Mary -61. ‘i VMI 20; University of Richmond I6. Iowa IA; Indiana 13. Washington and Jefferson 25; Hobart 0. Wisconsin 13; Purdue 0. SUNDAY GAMES St. Mary’s IS; Loyola of Los Angeles 0. San Jose State 13; University of San Francisco 20.

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 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 61–⁠22–⁠1 in 84 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Columbia 28, Pennsylvania 27
2025Pennsylvania 35, Columbia 21
2024Columbia 23, Pennsylvania 17
2023Pennsylvania 20, Columbia 17
2022Pennsylvania 34, Columbia 14
2021Columbia 23, Pennsylvania 14

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