Army at Pennsylvania

Saturday, November 17, 1951

Pennsylvania beat Army 7–⁠6. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Army led the series 7–⁠4–⁠2.

AwayArmy2–⁠7 in 1951
6
HomePennsylvania5–⁠4 in 1951
7

FinalHigh 48°F, low 39°FAttendance 40,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Penn Barely Beats Army 76 Cornell Tops Dartmouth 213 tumble Helps Quakers After Cadets Hold Lead at Ha|ftime -:

    Evening star, November 18, 1951, page 61

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    Penn Barely Beats Army 76 Cornell Tops Dartmouth 213 tumble Helps Quakers After Cadets Hold Lead at Ha|ftime -: PHILADELPHIA, Nov. l7-By the margin of Carl Sempier’s perfeet placement. Pennsylvania squeaked home a 7–⁠6 winner over Army’s aroused underdogs today In loosely played game watched by about 10000 fans. Non-winners over Army since 1912. Penn converted a tumble into a touchdown midway in the

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 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Army leads 13–⁠4–⁠2 in 19 meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1985Army 41, Pennsylvania 3
1984Army 48, Pennsylvania 13
1955Army 40, Pennsylvania 0
1954Army 35, Pennsylvania 0
1953Army 21, Pennsylvania 14
1952Army 14, Pennsylvania 13

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