Pennsylvania at Yale

Saturday, November 13, 1886

Yale beat Pennsylvania 75–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Yale led the series 4–⁠0.

AwayPennsylvania9–⁠7–⁠1 in 1886
0
HomeYale9–⁠0–⁠1 in 1886
75

FinalHigh 38°F, low 30°F, 1.05 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: YALE BEATS UNIVERSITY OF PENNsYLvANIA

    New-York tribune, November 14, 1886, page 16

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    YALE BEATS UNIVERSITY OF PENNsYLvANIA YALE BEATS UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Ngw.HAvRs Nov. 13 (Special.- The Yale football team defeated the University OF PENNSYLVANIA eleven at the Yale field this afternoon, seventy nine points 10 nothing. The Pennsylvania men were clearly over matched and after thirty minutes play began TO kill time the keep Yses down. Yale did considerable mung and passing but the high wind driving and slippery ground explain much Of It, Yaes score represents seven goals from touch downs, goal from the field and eight touch downs The Yale done by Beecher Woodruff Morrison, GIL and CorDn Tho PenDsylyania began playing d rough game al The start, and free NE OF lists disqualified their centre rush minutes Yale then rctaliacd and before the eosed two each side disqualified. In the inning ale scored 50 and IN the second “A pon In game between Rutgers 80 Stevens Institute s9 the former won by scorc OF Is TOO. Williams defeated the Massachusetts, Institute Of Tech. nology by u 10 w. The played at Miliaustown

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 80% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 45–⁠24–⁠1 in 70 meetings, counting the 66 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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