Yale at Pennsylvania

Saturday, November 14, 1885

Yale beat Pennsylvania 53–⁠5. It was their third meeting; after it, Yale led the series 3–⁠0.

AwayYale7–⁠1 in 1885
53
HomePennsylvania8–⁠5 in 1885
5

FinalHigh 52°F, low 38°F

In the newspapers

  • The Morning journal and courier's story: Yale N otea.

    Morning journal and courier, November 16, 1885, page 2

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    Yale N otea. In place of the regular service at chapel yesterday morning MT. J. K. Studd, recent graduate of Cambridge university, England, delivered an interesting address. MT. William E. Dodge, jr., of New York, addressed the Y. M. c. A. in the afternoon, as also again in the evening, when he was assisted by Mir. Studd. The meetings were largely attended and great interest was manifested. The football match between the freshman eleven and that of Hartford High school was very one-sided affair, the freshmen scoring 90 points to their opponents 0. At Phila- delphia Yale defeated the University of Pennsylvania by @ score of 53 to 5. The Princeton faculty having decided that the eleven cannot play on Thanksgiving day, the game will be played next Saturday at the Yale Field.

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)

Yale 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 45–⁠24–⁠1 in 70 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Yale 35, Pennsylvania 13
2024Yale 31, Pennsylvania 10
2023Pennsylvania 27, Yale 17
2022Pennsylvania 20, Yale 13
2021Yale 42, Pennsylvania 28
2019Yale 46, Pennsylvania 41

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