Pennsylvania at Columbia

Saturday, October 16, 1948

No. 8 Pennsylvania beat Columbia 20–⁠14. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 25–⁠5–⁠1.

Away8Pennsylvania5–⁠3 in 1948
20
HomeColumbia4–⁠5 in 1948
14

Final

On the newsreel

  • PENN TOPS COLUMBIA, 20-14A Penn aerial in the final 32 seconds of play at Baker Field beats Lou Little's Columbia eleven, 20-14.Universal Newsreel, October 18, 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 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 61–⁠22–⁠1 in 84 meetings, counting the 53 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Columbia 28, Pennsylvania 27
2025Pennsylvania 35, Columbia 21
2024Columbia 23, Pennsylvania 17
2023Pennsylvania 20, Columbia 17
2022Pennsylvania 34, Columbia 14
2021Columbia 23, Pennsylvania 14

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