Navy at Pennsylvania

Saturday, November 6, 1943

No. 7 Navy beat No. 5 Pennsylvania 24–⁠7. It was their 28th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 14–⁠12–⁠2.

Away7Navy8–⁠1 in 1943
24
Home5Pennsylvania6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1943
7

FinalHigh 64°F, low 46°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 73,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: | Irish and Navy Win HondHy; u. S. c. Upset

    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.

Pennsylvania leads 22–⁠21–⁠4 in 47 meetings, counting the 19 since this game.

Recent meetings
1987Navy 38, Pennsylvania 28
1986Pennsylvania 30, Navy 26
1960Navy 27, Pennsylvania 0
1959Navy 22, Pennsylvania 22
1958Navy 50, Pennsylvania 8
1957Navy 35, Pennsylvania 7

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