Army at Pennsylvania
Saturday, November 12, 1949 Share
No. 2 Army beat Pennsylvania 14–13. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Army led the series 6–3–2.
FinalHigh 62°F, low 48°FAttendance 78,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, November 13, 1949, page 1
Read the text
NOtre Dame and Army escaped with shock and bruises but previously ,unbeaten Cornell and Boston University were wrecked In another wild weekend of college football. The Fighting Irish from South Bend ran into the fightin’ Tar Heels from North Carolina at New York and. after being held even. 6–6, In the first half. had to show their best to win, ~ to s. Army edged Penn’s battered but gallant forces. 14–13. Maryland pushed Boston U. from the unbeaten ranks with a l4–13 victory at Boston in q game that enhanced the Terrapins, hopes for a post season bowl bid. George Washington stayed home and lost to Duke. $50. Catholic University held Washing ton College to a 14–14 tie at Brookland. Georgetown naan-
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
- FOOTBALL!— ARMY EDGES PENN (ARMY 14, PENN 13film title): PHILADELPHIA - Valiantly fighting Pennsylvania comes within two points of scoring the upset of the year, but finally yield to the Army power by the narrow margin of 14 to 13
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 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Army–Pennsylvania gameArmy leads 13–4–2 in 19 meetings, counting the eight 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. 26, 1949
- SeasonArmy in 1949
- ProgramArmy history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gamevs. CornellNov. 24, 1949
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1949
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records