Dartmouth at Pennsylvania

Saturday, October 2, 1948

Pennsylvania beat Dartmouth 26–⁠13. It was their 19th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 11–⁠6–⁠2.

AwayDartmouth6–⁠2 in 1948
13
HomePennsylvania5–⁠3 in 1948
26

FinalHigh 78°F, low 62°F

On the newsreel

  • PENN 26, DARTMOUTH 1360,000 football fans see a powerful Penn team, aided by four Indian errors, score four times to keep their 1947 winning stride intact. Dartmouth is beaten, 26-13Universal Newsreel, October 4, 1948. 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 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Dartmouth leads 36–⁠34–⁠2 in 72 meetings, counting the 53 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Dartmouth 14, Pennsylvania 10
2025Pennsylvania 36, Dartmouth 24
2024Dartmouth 20, Pennsylvania 17
2023Dartmouth 23, Pennsylvania 20
2022Pennsylvania 23, Dartmouth 17
2021Dartmouth 31, Pennsylvania 7

Around this game

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