Princeton at Pennsylvania

Saturday, September 25, 1943

Pennsylvania beat Princeton 47–⁠9. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 31–⁠6–⁠1.

AwayPrinceton1–⁠6 in 1943
9
HomePennsylvania6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1943
47

FinalHigh 63°F, low 46°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Penn military Secret Eleven, Unveiling, Nails Tigers 47-9

    Evening star, September 26, 1943, page 35

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    Penn military Secret Eleven, Unveiling, Nails Tigers 47–⁠9 Meantime, Penn scored in Just about every way possible, including one 6-pointer which came when the Princeton safety men disregarded a Quaker kickoff that stopped in the end zone and Sub End Walt Bubien charged through to fall on 1t for one of footballs rarer scores. And the Tiger safety nearest the ball was Bill Miller, the back Prince ton received from Penn in the m q Y.iY,a two in;

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.

Princeton leads 63–⁠31–⁠1 in 95 meetings, counting the 57 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Pennsylvania 17, Princeton 6
2024Princeton 20, Pennsylvania 17
2023Princeton 31, Pennsylvania 24
2022Pennsylvania 20, Princeton 19
2021Princeton 34, Pennsylvania 14
2019Princeton 28, Pennsylvania 7

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