Princeton at Pennsylvania
Saturday, November 2, 1946 Share
Princeton beat No. 3 Pennsylvania 17–14. It was their 40th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 32–7–1.
FinalHigh 63°F, low 60°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 4, 1946, page 13
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twenty Left as Nine Teams Are Erased From Perfect List NEW YORK, Nov. 4. - Pennsylvania, Harvard and seven other col lege football teams were erased from the list of unbeaten and united elevens over the week end, leaving 20 schools with perfect gridiron rec ords. The Penn Quakers lost 17–14 tc a $3.50 Princeton squad in the big gest upset of the season. Harvard fell. 1870. to- rugged Rutgers eleven. Other teams that suffered first defeats included Bradley, st. Olaf Washburn, Wabash, Guilford and st. Lawrence. New Britain (Conn.) Teachers was dropped from the select circle because Of a 6–6 tie with Lowell Textile. Army’s 1870 triumph over West Virginia was the Cadets seventh victory of the year and their 25th over three seasons. Another school with long string of wins is Della ware with seven this year and an unbroken chain of 27 conquests Delaware defeated Franklin and Marshall Saturday, 28–0. The unbeaten and united list (based on four or more games:
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 84% to win. Princeton pulled the upset.
The series
Every Princeton–Pennsylvania gamePrinceton leads 63–31–1 in 95 meetings, counting the 55 since this game.
Around this game
Princeton
- Next gamevs. VirginiaNov. 9, 1946
- SeasonPrinceton in 1946
- ProgramPrinceton history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gameat ColumbiaNov. 9, 1946
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1946
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records

