Rutgers at Pennsylvania
Saturday, October 28, 1961 Share
Rutgers beat Pennsylvania 20–6. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 9–4.
FinalHigh 58°F, low 40°F
On the newsreel
- RUTGERS REMAINS UNDEFEATEDThe Scarley Knights of Rutgers ride their chargers to victory over Pennsylvania, 20 to 6, and thus remain the major undefeated college team on the East Coast.
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Rutgers 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Rutgers–Pennsylvania gamePennsylvania leads 10–6 in 16 meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1964 | Rutgers 10, Pennsylvania 7 | |
| 1963 | Pennsylvania 7, Rutgers 6 | |
| 1962 | Rutgers 12, Pennsylvania 7 | |
| 1961 | Rutgers 20, Pennsylvania 6 | |
| 1934 | Pennsylvania 27, Rutgers 19 | |
| 1891 | Pennsylvania 32, Rutgers 6 |
Around this game
Rutgers
- Next gameat LafayetteNov. 4, 1961
- SeasonRutgers in 1961
- ProgramRutgers history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gamevs. HarvardNov. 4, 1961
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1961
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records