Columbia at Pennsylvania

Saturday, October 20, 1951

Pennsylvania beat Columbia 28–⁠13. It was their 34th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 28–⁠5–⁠1.

AwayColumbia5–⁠3 in 1951
13
HomePennsylvania5–⁠4 in 1951
28

FinalHigh 64°F, low 49°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: Stars of Football

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 22, 1951, page 3 (results column)

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    Stars of Football Football stars of the week are: Ollie Matson, San Francisco – Scored three touchdowns, two on runs of 94 and 90 yards in beating Fordham, 32–⁠26. Chet Cornog, Pennsylvania – Set up three touchdowns and passed for fourth, gained 126 yards rushing in 28–⁠13 victory over Columbia. Mitch Price, Columbia>- Broke three Columbia passing records by completing 23 of 40 passes for 27l yards against Penn. Frank Clifford, Southern Califor- mia = Scored touchdown on 69-yard run, threw touchdown pass and kicked three extra points in upset 21–⁠14 win over California. Ray McKown, Texas Christian = Scored two touchdowns. set up an- other in 20–⁠14 victory over Texas A. and M. Larry Isbell, Baylor Completed 13 of Is passes, two for touchdowns, and scored a third touchdown in 40–⁠20 win over Texas Tech. Dan Drake, Rice Completed four of eight passes for 142 yards and three touchdowns in 28–⁠7 vic- tory, over Southern Methodist. Buck McPhail, Oklahoma – Gained 215 yards in 20 carries for new Oklahoma individual yardage record in 33–⁠2l win over Kansas. Babe Parilli, Kentucky = Passed for four touchdowns in 35–⁠13 vic- tory over Villanova.

  • The The Nome nugget's story: FOOTBALL SCORES FAR WEST

    The Nome nugget, Alaska, October 22, 1951, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES FAR WEST FAR WEST Illinois 27-Washington 20 Southern Cal 21-California IA Stanford 21-Santa Clara IA Washington State 26 - Oregon State 13 UCLA 41-Oregon 0 SOUTHWEST Texas Christian 20 - Texas A & M IA Oklahoma 33-Kansas 21 Rice 28-Southern Methodist 2 MIDWEST Northwestern 16-Navy 7 Michigan 21-Iowa 0 Notre Dame 33-Pittsburgh O Indiana 32-Ohio State 10. SOUTH LSU 7-Georgia 0 Kentucky 35-Villanova 13 Mississippi 25-Tulane 6 Virginia 34-VMI IA Duke 55-VPI 6 Georgia Tech 27-Auburn 2 EAST San Francisco 32-Fordham 26 Penn 28-Columbia 13 Princeton 60-Lafayette 7 Carnegie Tech 39-Allegheny O

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.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Pennsylvania 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 61–⁠22–⁠1 in 84 meetings, counting the 50 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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