Navy at Pennsylvania
Saturday, November 6, 1943 Share
No. 7 Navy beat No. 5 Pennsylvania 24–7. It was their 28th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 14–12–2.
FinalHigh 64°F, low 46°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 73,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 7, 1943, page 1 (results column)
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| Irish and Navy Win HondHy; u. S. c. Upset NOtre Dame swept Army from the unbeaten ranks before $4,000 fans in New York yesterday, $50, con- Yincing Eastern football circles OF its right to the national champion. ship. In Philadelphia, Navy, sWamped the week before by the Irish, made fine comeback al Penn’s expense, winning by a 24–7 margin before more than 1000 Penn tied Army, 1913, the previous week Purdue, weakened by the loss OF several naval trainee stars, rallied in the closing seconds to nose out Minnesota, 14–7, for its eighth consecutive victory. On the West Coast Southern California was upset and beaten for the first time this sea. son, 10–7 by San Diego Naval. In other games Michigan doWned Indiana, 1876; Northwestern, Notre Danes next opponent. swamped Wisconsin, 41–0; Georgia Tech over powered Louisiana State. 42–7, Brown nosed out Yale, 21–20, and Cornell took a thriller from Penn State, 1870. “Details on Sports PagesD
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 56% to win. Navy pulled the upset.
The series
Every Navy–Pennsylvania gamePennsylvania leads 22–21–4 in 47 meetings, counting the 19 since this game.
| 1987 | Navy 38, Pennsylvania 28 | |
| 1986 | Pennsylvania 30, Navy 26 | |
| 1960 | Navy 27, Pennsylvania 0 | |
| 1959 | Navy 22, Pennsylvania 22 | |
| 1958 | Navy 50, Pennsylvania 8 | |
| 1957 | Navy 35, Pennsylvania 7 |
Around this game
Navy
- Next gameat ColumbiaNov. 13, 1943
- SeasonNavy in 1943
- ProgramNavy history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gamevs. North CarolinaNov. 13, 1943
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1943
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records

