Army at Pennsylvania
Saturday, November 16, 1946 Share
No. 1 Army beat No. 5 Pennsylvania 34–7. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Army led the series 4–3–1.
FinalHigh 56°F, low 35°FAttendance 78,000
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 17, 1946, page 1
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CADETS POCKET . 34–7 VERDICT FROM QUAKERS PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. is. -R-Galloping Glenn Davis and his Army playmates turned in one of their more sizzling shows today for the entertainment of a sell-out crowd of just under 5000 u toners and careened to a “a to Z victory over the %ponderous Penn gridders. They thus made it u straight starts without a defeat in their three-year run of wrecking col legiate football machines. 1t was an Army team triumph, as the Cadets came back hot from their scoreless deadlock against Notre Dame a week ago. to push the supposed mighty Quakers all over the place. But, actually. this one was strictly a Davis show. The California comet did practically everything as he scored two touchdowns himself, forward passed for another and lateralled for a fourth and put on what comes close to being the top per- Torrance of a career that has lbeen strictly s~tar-studded all the way. Altogether, he was in there banging away for fifty minutes and carried the ball nine times for a net gain of SO yards, or an average of better than 6 IL times a carry. This, with his pass .ing-two compilations for rs yards and his kicking thrown in for good measure, made it strictly Davis day in this out-sized CON crete horseshoe today. And when it wasn’t Davis TAX ing the Penns apart, it was his running mate, Doc (The Monastery blanchard betting away at the line, or Arnold Tucker. the unsung quarterback pitching passes until he injured his leg and had to be relieved. The Black Knights of the Continued on Page 10: Column .,

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 18, 1946, page 14
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Glenn Davis, Army--ran for two touchdowns, lateralled for, another and forward passed for a fourth in 34–7 romp over Penn. Dave Millman, New York u raced 81 yards for touchdown and caught pass for 45-yard gain to score points that downed Fordham, 1928, in final quarter rally. John Panelh, Notre Dame spanked Irish to 27–0 victory over Northwestern, scoring twice. Frank Burns. Rutgers-tallied twice and threw three touchdown passes in 55–6 landslide over Lehigh. Joe Golding, Oklahoma-scored two touchdowns and set up a third with 78-yard runback on pass interception in 27–6 edge over Missouri. Frank Broyles. Georgia Tech returned intercepted pass IS yards for score, completed two
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.
On the newsreel
- ARMY AND NOTRE DAME IN GRID TRIUMPHSArmy-Penn! The Cadets keep their slate clean with a 34-7 victory over Pennsylvania before 78,000 fans. Glenn Davis is sparkplug for the victorious Black Knights
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Army 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Army–Pennsylvania gameArmy leads 13–4–2 in 19 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.
| 1985 | Army 41, Pennsylvania 3 | |
| 1984 | Army 48, Pennsylvania 13 | |
| 1955 | Army 40, Pennsylvania 0 | |
| 1954 | Army 35, Pennsylvania 0 | |
| 1953 | Army 21, Pennsylvania 14 | |
| 1952 | Army 14, Pennsylvania 13 |
Around this game
Army
- Next gamevs. NavyNov. 30, 1946
- SeasonArmy in 1946
- ProgramArmy history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gamevs. CornellNov. 28, 1946
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1946
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records

