Pennsylvania at Michigan

Saturday, October 31, 1953

No. 16 Michigan beat Pennsylvania 24–⁠14. It was their 21st meeting; Michigan leads the series 11–⁠8–⁠2.

AwayPennsylvania3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1953
14
Home16Michigan6–⁠3 in 1953
24

FinalHigh 69°F, low 39°FAttendance 56,795

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Michigan Downs Penn, 244 Gier Scores Win for Gopher Touchdown Club Honors Colts Squad Next Week

    Evening star, November 1, 1953, page 68

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    Michigan Downs Penn, 244 Gier Scores Win for Gopher Touchdown Club Honors Colts Squad Next Week There will be no luncheon at the Touchdown Club tomorrow. The weekly get-together will be resumed a week from tomorrow when Coach Keith Molesworth and his Baltimore Colts will be the honofed guests.

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)

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

Michigan leads 11–⁠8–⁠2 in 21 meetings.

Recent meetings
1953Michigan 24, Pennsylvania 14
1944Michigan 41, Pennsylvania 19
1940Michigan 14, Pennsylvania 0
1939Michigan 19, Pennsylvania 17
1938Michigan 19, Pennsylvania 13
1937Michigan 7, Pennsylvania 0

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