Gettysburg at Pennsylvania
Wednesday, October 23, 1901 Share
Pennsylvania beat Gettysburg 22–0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 5–0.
FinalHigh 67°F, low 51°F
In the newspapers

The Worcester spy, Worcester, Mass., October 24, 1901, page 1
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Defeated the Orange Athletic Club Team by a Score of 29 to 0, Although the Visitors Put Up a Snappy Game CAPT. PELL NURSING AN INJURED LEG Pennsylvania Puts a PatChed-Up Team in the Field Against Gettysburg College Eleven But Rolled UP u Points Without Much of an Effort Princeton, Oct. 23.-The Princeton var sity football team defeated the Orange Athletic Club today by a score Of % to o. The Orange Athletic eleven put up a snappy game in the first half, and held their opponents down to IL points. Their chief fault was off-side play, for which they were penalized five times in this half. Both teams played ragged football In the second half, and were penaized three times for off-side play. Orange was strong at times on breaking through, and her line held fairly well IN the first half. but the Tigers found it much easier in the second. Princeton played a fast game through out, but her interference was poor at times and the defense between right guard and right tackle showed decided weakness The only features Of the game were long runs by Foulks and Pearson Capt Pell Is still nursing an injured reg, and was not in the game today. The lineup:

The daily morning journal and courier, Connecticut, October 24, 1901, page 1
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Pennsylvania 22, Gettysburg 0. Philadelphia, Oct. 2S.-University of Pennsylvania played patched up foot ball team in the field to-day and de- feated Gettysburg college without much effort by the score of 22 to 0. The Quakers put up a fairly aggressive game and the defense was strong.

The age-herald, Alabama, October 24, 1901, page 8
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Pennsylvania, 22; Gettysburg, 0. Philadelphia, October 23-University of Pennsylvania placed a patched up football team in the field and defeated Gettysburg College today without much effort by the score of 22 to 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 96% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Gettysburg–Pennsylvania gamePennsylvania leads 18–0–1 in 19 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.
Around this game
Gettysburg
- Next gameat BucknellNov. 2, 1901
- SeasonGettysburg in 1901
- ProgramGettysburg history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gameat ChicagoOct. 26, 1901
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1901
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records
