Pennsylvania at Army
Saturday, November 23, 1901 Share
Army beat Pennsylvania 24–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Army led the series 1–0.
Final
In the newspapers

Northern Wisconsin advertiser, Wabeno, Wis., November 28, 1901, page 8
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PENNSYLVANIA NOWHERE. Football Team Dtsastrously Defeated by West Point. West Point. Nov. A.-The uniyer. sity Of Pennsylvania football team was defeated by the West Point military academy yesterday and incidentally suffered One of the worst defeats in its football history. The score of “a to Q shows how West Point outplayed the Pennsylvanians. The visitors put up stir game, however, and were beat en- simply because West Point played a superior article of football. The end Of the first half was West Poinr II, Pennsylvania 0; the final score be. ing West Point “a, Pennsylvania 0. Annapolis, Nov. 21.-Columbia defeated the naval cadets by score VI 6 to 8.

Wood County reporter, Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis., November 28, 1901, page 7
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pennsylvania NOWHERE. Football Team D;sastrously Defeated by West Point. West Point, Nov. 21.-The univer sity of Pennsylvania football team was defeated by the West Point military academy yesterday and incidentally suffered one of the worst defeats in its football history. The score of “a to o shows how West Point outplayed the Pennsylvanians. The visitors put UP stiff game. however. and were beat en- simply because West Point played

The watchman and southron, Sumter, S.C., November 27, 1901, page 2
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West Point Defeats Pennsylvania West Point. n. Y, Nov. 2o.-The University of Pennsylvania football team was defeated by West Point Military Academy today and incident ally suffered one of the worst defeats in her football history. The score, “A to 0, shows how West Point out played the Pennsylvania eleven. The visitors put up stiff game, however, and were beaten simply because West Point played superior article of foot ball.
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. Army won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Pennsylvania–Army gameArmy leads 13–4–2 in 19 meetings, counting the 18 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
Pennsylvania
- Next gamevs. CornellNov. 28, 1901
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1901
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records
Army
- Next gamevs. NavyNov. 30, 1901
- SeasonArmy in 1901
- ProgramArmy history and records

