Duke at Pennsylvania

Saturday, September 30, 1944

Pennsylvania beat Duke 18–⁠7. It was their first meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayDuke6–⁠4 in 1944
7
HomePennsylvania5–⁠3 in 1944
18

Final0.02 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: SURPRISES AND Up5ET5 ON GRiDIR0N

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 2, 1944, page 4

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    SURPRISES AND Up5ET5 ON GRiDIR0N If a centipede had crawled across a map of the United States on Saturday everyone of its hundred legs would have touched a point where a football surprise took place and upsets were as numerous as ants at Firemen’s picnic. North Carolina Pre-flight stunned the Navy, 21–⁠14. Pennsylvania, scoring in the first IS seconds, spilled Duke, 18–⁠7. Wisconsin tripped Northwestern, 7–⁠6.

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)

Duke 55% to win. Pennsylvania won as Elo’s underdog.

Tied 1–⁠1 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1954Duke 52, Pennsylvania 0
1944Pennsylvania 18, Duke 7

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