Columbia at Pennsylvania

Saturday, November 11, 1944

Pennsylvania beat Columbia 35–⁠7. It was their 27th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 21–⁠5–⁠1.

AwayColumbia2–⁠6 in 1944
7
HomePennsylvania5–⁠3 in 1944
35

Finallow 50°F, 0.1 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: |QUAKERS DEFEAT COLUMBIA, 35-7

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 12, 1944, page 1

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    |QUAKERS DEFEAT COLUMBIA, 35–⁠7 PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. IL. -R-Pennsylvania spoiled Lou Little’s return to his alma mater today by rolling up 35–⁠7 margin over the Columbia Lions at Frank lin Field in what amounted to a mere warmup for next weeks test with Army. Driving to five touchdowns in the first half and tossing in a safety for good measure, George Munger’s red and blue machine took advantage, of every lapse by the undermined invaders and did not yield a score until the last two and half minutes of play. Coach Munger used his reserves freely and did not play his first string backfield as unit after the opening quarter and even then, the injured AL Sica was not in uni form. Tony ‘‘Skippy’‘ Minisi picked up two Quaker scores in the first pc Rod, one on a 10-yard pass from Andy Gordon and the other on a left end sweep from the reserve end Jesse McNulty. George Opel and Glenn Engleking added the others and tackle George Savitsky, an All-America candidate, made possible the safety on a blocked kick. The Lions connected with Hen ry Stout passing to Joe Hall in the end zone.

  • The Detroit evening times's story: FOOTBALL BIG TEN

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, November 12, 1944, page 15 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL BIG TEN BIG TEN Michigan ID. Illinois 0. Wisconsin 26, Iowa 7. Minnesota 19. Indiana ID. Purdue u. Northwestern Z. Ohio State 50, Pittsburgh l9. HIGH SCHOOL Western 18. Chadsey 0. u. of d. High u. Northwestern o. Fordson 19, Wyandotte Z. Port Huron “a. Crosse Pointe 6. Ferndale z. Royal Oak 0. Mt. Clemens Is, Hazel Park 0. STATE COLLEGIATE Michigan State 80, Maryland 0. EAST Army SO, Notre Dame 0. Navy as, Cornell 0. Yale Is. Brown 0. Penn 35. Columbia 7. Holy Cross l9. Colgate 13. Coast Guard 10. Dartmouth 0. Penn State Z, Temple s. Princeton 16, Muhlenberg 6. cambridge Navy 10. Cherry PIT. z. Bgcknell rs, CCNY 0. West Virginia II, Lehigh 0. Lafayette 80, Rutgers 0. Swarthmores21, NYU 0. Ursinus 2. r. and NJ. o. PIT Boats Is, Harvard 0. SOUTH Georgia 3S. Florida II. n. Carolina 0, William and Mary o. Duke “a. Wake Forest o. Alabama “a. Mississippi 6. South Carolina %. Presbyterian Z. n. c. Preflight 33. Ga. Preflight Is. Clemson 81, V. NJ. l. II. Virginia 80, Richmond 0. Georgia Tech “a. Tulane 7. Mississippi State 26. Auburn 21 Florida A. e. NJ. Ia, Tuskegee Il. SOUTHWEST Arkansas II. Rice z. Okla. A. M. Is. Texas s. i. I. Y. Ia. texas IeCh. y. Tulsa 81, Southwestern 6. Texas A. & NJ. 80, SMU s. Norman Navy AZ. Lubbock 0. WEST Kan. State Is, Kansas IA. Oklahoma 81, Missouri 81. III. Yves. 19. Ill. Nor. 0. DePauw 6, Oberlin o. Iowa State 10. Nebraska S. CT. Lakes II. Morris Ed. 10. Iowa Seahawks 80. Bunkerhill z. Miami 80, Ohio Yves. 20. ia FAR WEST Colorado 40 Peru II. Utah 81. Colo. Coll. s. March Field IS, Washington 0. Denver al. New Mexico s. Y. c. L. A. Z, California 0.

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 86% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 61–⁠22–⁠1 in 84 meetings, counting the 57 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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