Cornell at Pennsylvania

Thursday, November 27, 1947

No. 8 Pennsylvania beat Cornell 21–⁠0. It was their 54th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 39–⁠12–⁠3.

AwayCornell4–⁠5 in 1947
0
Home8Pennsylvania7–⁠0–⁠1 in 1947
21

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: PENN BRUISERS SMACK CORNELL

    The Wilmington morning star, November 28, 1947, page 5

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    PENN BRUISERS SMACK CORNELL PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 27 - (P, - Pennsylvania bruising football team smacked down Cornell 21 to 0 today to climax it’s first unbeaten season in 80 years. Before a sell out crowd Of 49, 205, the Red and Blue air and ground attack, strong enough to overpower six foes and to tie Army TT, never moved into high gear against the rugged Cornell defenders. But PENIS defenses were good enough to decide the issue. Led by its 220-pound ALL America candidate, center Char ley Bednarik, Penn players in tercepted six Cornell passes and recovered three IF the Big Reds seven fumbles. Lynn Dorest, 150-pounder from Fairfield, Conn.,, kept the invaders from above Cayuga’s waters in the game for three quarters with his aerials but too many of his tosses back fired. Bednarik stole two a n d one each was intercepted by Farquhar Jones, Harry Eden born, Art Littleton and Johnny Quinn. Cornell tried % passes n d completed nine for 95 yards: PENIS six interceptions netted the Red and Blue so yards. The rugged Cornell line limit ed Minisi to net loss of minus Is yards while Deuber an d Dooney Dok over the offensive leadership Dooney and Deuber gained 110 of PENIS 1873 yards. Minisi did do some fancy chuck ing, completing five of eight tosses for ~ yards.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: k ~ Q :; >3 2 2 G8a xA &z2 Sage Cels Sci Tor Biz Bowl Games

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 28, 1947, page 3 (results column)

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    k ~ Q :; >3 2 2 G8a xA &z2 Sage Cels Sci Tor Biz Bowl Games ditional Thanksgiving Day college football clashes produced only onS post-saason bowl principal-TeXas getting the nod for the Sugal Show at New Orleans-but by to- morrow night most of the New Years Day performers are expect ed to be cast. The Texas Longhorns’ 32–⁠1s victory over Texas ARM yesterday brought them an immediate invita- tion to join Alabama in the Sugar Bowl, the Crimson Tide having accepted last Saturday. Thus the stage was set for 8 January 1 duel between two o1 the outstanding teams in the Southwest and Southeastern con- ferences and a matching of two great passing sensations and can didates for All-America honors Bobby Layne and ‘Bama’s Harry Gilmer. With Michigan and Southern California already picked for the Rose Bowl and Southern Methodist and Penn State named as oppon- ents for the Cotton Bowl, Miami s Orange Bowl remained the only vacancy on the New Years Day card of major post-season contests. Several choice battles in the south tomorrow are expected to provide one of both of the Orange Bowl duelists, with the sponsors likely to be watching the North Carolina Virginia, Georgia Tech, Mississippi Mississippi State, Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M, and Rice Baylor battle for a clue. No bowl tids were at stake when Penn met Cornell in their tradi- tional Ivy League clash at Phila- delphias Franklin Field yesterday, but the Quakers had the incentive of producing their first unbeaten season in 39 years-and they did it with comparative ease. A crowd of 78205 saw the Quakers steal the Big Reds aerial thunder and emerge with a 21–⁠0 verdict. In another tradition-bound east ern game, Rutgers defeated Brown 27–⁠20 to wind up the Scarlet’s best season in a long history. An intersectional clash headed the midwest card. with St Louis shading Dequesne 14–⁠13. William & Mary, already tabbed as one half of the Dixie Bowl at Birmingham, blanked Richmond 35–⁠0 to clinch the Southern Con- ference championship. The larg- est crowd in the states football history-29, ,000-turned out at ROA to see Virginia Military Institute beat Virginia Tech 28-l4 Arkansas Razorbacks hung up their first turkey day victory since 1941, turning back Tulsa 27- 13. Utah’s Redskins, champions of the Big Seven Conference, con- tinued unbeaten in the circuit by smashing the Utah State Aggles 4G-14. The runner-up Denver Pioneers, closed out a 55-year-old series with Colorado with a 26–⁠20 victory. Colorado, forsaklng the Biz Seven fer the Big Six, has erased Denver from all future sports battles The Bowl business has been so overdone that some of the spon- sors have moved their contests ahead of the customary January date, and yesterday saw a half- dozen of these minor post-season clashes. West Chester Teachers tPa9 de- feated Carson Newman cTenn) zo- 6 in the third annual Burley Bowl game at Johnson City, Tenn, be- fore a crowd of 10000. The Corn Bowl, a newcomer to the roster this year, drew $500 fans to Bloom ington, H., to see Southern Him ois beat North Central dll9 2l-o. Pacific Lutheran College edged Southern Oregon 27–⁠21 in the Pear Bowl at Medford, Ore. The Little 1 Rock Jaycees triumphed over the i Jaycees 31–⁠7 in the Coffee Bowl at Coffeyville, Kansas. At Lindsay, Calf, the Olive Bowl saw Porterville College a 12–⁠6 win her over the Fresno State Jaycees. !

  • The Evening star's story: Kansas Is Selected For Orange, Texas For Sugar Bowl

    Evening star, November 28, 1947, page 54 (results column)

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    Kansas Is Selected For Orange, Texas For Sugar Bowl MIAMI, Fla, Nov. 28.-The Orange Bowl Committee today announced selection of the University of Kan sas, with seven wins, two ties and no defeats, as one team to play In the Orange Bowl classic here New Year Day. NEW YORK, Nov. % lP.-Traditional Thanksgiving Day college football clashes produced only one postseason bowl principal-Texas getting the nod for the Sugar show at New Orleans-but by tomorrow night most of the New Year Day performers were expected to be cast. The Texas Longhorns’ 1918 vic tory over Texas A. and NJ yesterday brought them an immediate invitaton to join Alabama in the Sugar Bowl, the Crimson Tide having accepted last Saturday. Thus the stage was set for January l duel between two Of the outstanding teams in the Southwest and Southeastern Conferences and matching of two great passing SEN sations and candidates for ALL America honors-Texas’ Bobby Layne and ‘Bama’s Harry Gilmer With Michigan and Southern California already picked for the Rose Bowl and Southern Methodist and Penn State named as opponents for the Cotton Bowl, Miami’s Orange Bowl remained the only vacancy on the New Year Day card of major post-season contests. Several choice battles in the South tomorrow are expected to provide the other Orange Bowl team, with the sponsors likely to be watching the North Carolina Virginia, Georgia–Tech, Mississippi Mississippi State, Oklahoma A. and M. and Rice-Baylor battles for a clue. No bowl bids were at stake when Penn met Cornell in their traditional Ivy League clash at Philadelphia S Franklin Field yesterday, but the Quakers had the incentive of producing their first unbeaten season in 80 years-and they did it with comparative ease. A crowd of 78,205 saw the Quakers steal the Big Reds aerial thunder and emerge with a 21–⁠0 verdict. In another tradition-bound East ern game, Rutgers defeated Brown 27–⁠20 to wind up the Scarlet’s best season in long history. William and Mary, already tabled as one-half of the Dixie Bowl at Birmingham. BANKED Richmond $50, to clinch the Southern Confer ence championship. The largest crowd in the States football history 00O-turned out at Roanoke to see Virginia Military Institute beat Virginia Tech, 28–⁠14. Other games saw an underdog South Carolina eleven upending Wake Forest, 60, and North Texas State 14–⁠7 victor over Chat tanooga.

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.

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Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Pennsylvania 86% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 65–⁠40–⁠5 in 110 meetings, counting the 56 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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