Pennsylvania at Harvard

Saturday, November 8, 1902

Harvard beat Pennsylvania 11–⁠0. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 12–⁠5.

AwayPennsylvania9–⁠4 in 1902
0
HomeHarvard11–⁠1 in 1902
11

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In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: MANY BATTLES ON GRIDIRON Harvard Defeats Pennsylvania by Score Of11 to ! YALE HAS A HARD FIGHT Clemson Runs Over the University of Georgia, While Alabama Easily Takes Game From A. 6. M. College of Mississippi. SEWANEE TEAM IS PLEASED WITH US

    The Birmingham age-herald, November 9, 1902, page 1

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    MANY BATTLES ON GRIDIRON Harvard Defeats Pennsylvania by Score Of11 to ! YALE HAS A HARD FIGHT Clemson Runs Over the University of Georgia, While Alabama Easily Takes Game From A. 6. M. College of Mississippi. SEWANEE TEAM IS PLEASED WITH US , Sewanee, Tenn. November B. } Special. )-The tigers” arrived , here with words cf praise for Bir- ? mingham and everything in Ala , bama. They were delighted with , The city, the game and treatment } by the people and the press. They } praise Auburn for bully good fel- , lows and footballers. Birmingham , is sure to be the football center of , the south next year.

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

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Our ratings (scores only)

Harvard 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Harvard leads 47–⁠25–⁠2 in 74 meetings, counting the 57 since this game.

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2025Harvard 45, Pennsylvania 43
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2023Harvard 25, Pennsylvania 23
2022Harvard 37, Pennsylvania 14
2021Harvard 23, Pennsylvania 7
2019Pennsylvania 24, Harvard 20

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