Cornell at Pennsylvania

Saturday, November 24, 1945

No. 11 Pennsylvania beat Cornell 59–⁠6. It was their 52nd meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 37–⁠12–⁠3.

AwayCornell5–⁠4 in 1945
6
Home11Pennsylvania6–⁠2 in 1945
59

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story: Penn Whips Cornell, AvengeS Army loss

    Detroit evening times, Michigan, November 25, 1945, page 15

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    Penn Whips Cornell, AvengeS Army loss PHILA y FLPHIA Nov q INSl Pennsylvania returned 10 tho Threc-I League Of inteTCoilcCiate football today and cNsCtod Vengeance upon hapleSS Cornell hv way Of payment for tho icnomlny Of the Army annlhilatIon Tho final score was 50 N S for an aN-ume record IN this ancient series. The IthaCanS started badly and then went into 2 slump. Welding three touChdovnS m tho first ~ minutes and hlUndcrinc their way through TO an Union orcd dcnouement.

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 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 65–⁠40–⁠5 in 110 meetings, counting the 58 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Cornell 39, Pennsylvania 17
2024Pennsylvania 67, Cornell 49
2023Pennsylvania 23, Cornell 8
2022Pennsylvania 28, Cornell 21
2021Cornell 15, Pennsylvania 12
2019Pennsylvania 21, Cornell 20

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