Army at Pennsylvania

Saturday, November 18, 1944

No. 1 Army beat Pennsylvania 62–⁠7. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 3–⁠2–⁠1.

Away1Army9–⁠0 in 1944
62
HomePennsylvania5–⁠3 in 1944
7

FinalAttendance 65,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Indicated Cadets Shield Record, Walloping Penn's Gridders, 62-7

    The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., November 19, 1944, page 9

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    Indicated Cadets Shield Record, Walloping Penn’s Gridders, 62–⁠7 darling Sc yards for the first of Arnnys nine touchdowns and Penn retaliating when Bill Stickel, Quaker Tackle, mussed up an Army lateral which finally was grabbed by Bill Schuman, reserve Penn end. He galloped 81 yards. Then the Cadets went to work. They counted once more than period on a 46-yard run by Dale Hall before Blanchard registered on a plunge and Davis hoped over the Penn line for three yards and marker in the second. Blanchards jaunt was set up by Davis 36-yard return of a punt and the latters marke--. followed wobbly 17-yard punt by PENIS Andy Gordon. The most spectacular touchdowns were reserved on the second half, Davis getting one when Doug Ken ma handed him the ball after catch ing punt on the Quaker 46 early in the third. Dean Sensanbaugher got the other when he grabbed a tumble on his ten and went ninety yards for the payoff. Blanchard scored twice, his second on 11-yard pass, but it was his blocking, tackling and all around play that did much to bot tie up the Penn attack. Barney Poorle, Army’s big plebe end who also counted on pass, was an other star. One time he kicked off and raced down the field to dump Pc ceiver Al Sica after the latter had moved but eight YardS.

  • The Detroit evening times's story

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, November 19, 1944, page 1

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    PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1S tUP) -Unbeaten Army’s point-a-minute football forces maintained their average here today as they gave Pennsylvania, the second worst defeat in its history, 62–⁠7. Glenn Davis, the galloping plebe and the nations leading scorer, fred TO three touchdowns to – arhead the Army drive before a near capacity crowd OF 10000 fans. And back of him came a horde of Cadet backs to complete a Pennsylvania rout surpassed only by the 1910 beating the Quakers took from Princeton in 1885. Cadet Dick Walterhouse Of Washtenaw, Mich, booted five points from placements for season total of “a that tied the intercollegiate record set in 1912 by Clyde LaForce of Tulsa Max Minor started the touch down parade with 67-yard dash

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)

Army 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Army leads 13–⁠4–⁠2 in 19 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.

Recent meetings
1985Army 41, Pennsylvania 3
1984Army 48, Pennsylvania 13
1955Army 40, Pennsylvania 0
1954Army 35, Pennsylvania 0
1953Army 21, Pennsylvania 14
1952Army 14, Pennsylvania 13

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