Navy at Pennsylvania

Saturday, October 26, 1957

No. 16 Navy beat Pennsylvania 35–⁠7. It was their 42nd meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 21–⁠18–⁠3.

Away16Navy9–⁠1–⁠1 in 1957
35
HomePennsylvania3–⁠6 in 1957
7

Finallow 35°FAttendance 26,495

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: |ForresfaI Leads |kiddies 10 35-7 Win Over Penn

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 27, 1957, page 63

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    |ForresfaI Leads |kiddies 10 35–⁠7 Win Over Penn PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 26.- Tom Forrestal returned to Franklin Field this cold, gray afternoon and relived his memorable introduction TO col lege football prominence by directing Navy to q 35.7 victory over Penn before a crowd Of 6.4o5. The Mlddies performed today close to what Capt. Slade CUT

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)

Navy 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 22–⁠21–⁠4 in 47 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1987Navy 38, Pennsylvania 28
1986Pennsylvania 30, Navy 26
1960Navy 27, Pennsylvania 0
1959Navy 22, Pennsylvania 22
1958Navy 50, Pennsylvania 8
1957Navy 35, Pennsylvania 7

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