Gettysburg at Pennsylvania
Wednesday, October 14, 1903 Share
Pennsylvania beat Gettysburg 72–0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 7–0.
Final
In the newspapers

New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 15, 1903, page 1
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PENN. MIKES BIG SCORE. TzceIce TOuchdo1Cns against Light Gettysburg Team. PHILADELPHIA Oct 14-Pennsylvania ploushed through Gettysburg at will this afternoon on franklin Field, and scored twelve tOuchdOwns. from which Smith kicked all goals making the score y to 0. Two halves OF twenty and twenty five minutes each played The Gettysburg team this year was very light and their line woe fully weak Pennsylvania tried practically every formation she has IN her list. and never falIed 10 make ground. Aggressively II the best game r1aved nv the OuakeTs this year Their offence was not tested as the light men from Gettysburg were unable TO give them even far practlce Smith for Pennsylvania. at fUlback, was again the best OF his side, bucking and running with tne Leu in excellent stvIe He kicked all the goals. Several times he made long gains around the endS on runs from a fake punt This, with the quarter Iact RUNNING of CorsOu was the best ground gain ing plav tried Pennsylvania has developed rapid H. and should up big score against br0”h on Saturday. The lineup and score:
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)
Pennsylvania 94% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Gettysburg–Pennsylvania gamePennsylvania leads 18–0–1 in 19 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.
Around this game
Gettysburg
- Next gameat CarlisleOct. 1, 1904
- SeasonGettysburg in 1903
- ProgramGettysburg history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gamevs. BrownOct. 17, 1903
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1903
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records
