Virginia at Pennsylvania

Saturday, November 8, 1947

No. 4 Pennsylvania beat No. 10 Virginia 19–⁠7. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 14–⁠0.

Away10Virginia7–⁠3 in 1947
7
Home4Pennsylvania7–⁠0–⁠1 in 1947
19

FinalHigh 63°F, low 57°F, 0.93 in. of rainAttendance 79,000

On the newsreel

  • PENNVIRGINIA - A 19-7 victory for the Quakers keeps them in the unbeaten column at Philadelphia, where 78,000 fans see Deuber and team-mates smother the Cavaliers with spectacular runsUniversal Newsreel, November 10, 1947. Catalog record at the National Archives

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)

Pennsylvania 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 15–⁠1 in 16 meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1950Pennsylvania 21, Virginia 7
1949Virginia 26, Pennsylvania 14
1947Pennsylvania 19, Virginia 7
1946Pennsylvania 40, Virginia 0
1930Pennsylvania 40, Virginia 6
1924Pennsylvania 27, Virginia 0

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