Columbia at Pennsylvania

Friday, October 21, 1904

Pennsylvania beat Columbia 16–⁠0. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 7–⁠3–⁠1.

AwayColumbia7–⁠3 in 1904
0
HomePennsylvania12–⁠0 in 1904
16

FinalAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The The sun's story: RAGGED GAME; QUAKERS WIN. COLUMBIA TEAM VANOUISHED BY SCORE or l6 TO O. Pennsylvania Football Players Get Revenge on the New York Team--Poor PuntiDg One Source OF Defeat--Neat Trick Worked by the Visiting Aggregation.

    The sun, New York [N.Y.], October 23, 1904, page 17

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    RAGGED GAME; QUAKERS WIN. COLUMBIA TEAM VANOUISHED BY SCORE or l6 TO O. Pennsylvania Football Players Get Revenge on the New York Team--Poor PuntiDg One Source OF Defeat--Neat Trick Worked by the Visiting Aggregation. FennsyiHanSa Footbah Players Get Revenge on the New York Team--Po0f PuntiDg One Source OF Defeat--Neat Trick Worked by the VISITING AggFegation. =, r, .,,,,, H”nLrhiA’ Wv .oaI MI, W. iorovns niise’au,o pu’‘ =. 80 ,,, Mnen Soaunnpu was neal n1 Nv, i ,on. ING a as. Ano.neI 1n ousv 49, ~. s,.ns %ei Iuh,uie. 49, ~ 80 10y VI Lennsyvan,a ave9sms n’‘ “.s ~, 90 a ee py the biue aha WIZ ne ..nnts ond .ao.ss po.sons n .nSno 49, D. and pins bar r,,,nh 1911, 1880 a,,no,,. ths he,ter st,ods stead,,y oionv to a yictorv nv n soore Of IA IN Ana vet – noua NOT be- AMID TO be good footha n that oavo “a the ounkers their triumnb Rsrsiw hss so ragsed and unsoientjnc an arh,b,tion hss, eIven nv eIeyena aunnnaad,y omnre th. Iaaders Mispley followed m,anlav ,ntsrfersnce wa. formed iooaely and had n NOT heen that the Dunk era played toeetber. With A shade the better team work from ti,ne IN time In the incoherent Attracting attack. the score might wen have bean ieas A miserable game. forsooth, but CO. iumbia’ s were the misplays that spelled defeat, and fers the costly errors. When chance offered as IL did on a few occasions an opportunity to GROSS the Quaker goal line, a tumble or yavninp Raps In alleged interference by the New Workers. forced Duell to try punt, In the very opening moments OF the game Due,i sent the lea ther a poor eighteen yards ont or bounds at CO. lumbia’ a s2-yard mark In less than no time Stevenson, who was Pennsylvania star. grabbed the sph.rs on n Quarter back run and took the pioskin To the 1-vard line OF the visitors pick arski dropped back and ora sbed throu Oh Co,umbin,s right wing for the frst tally OF the game. Revnolds Kicked the eosI again when Duel, recantured bis tumble oS Stevenaon.s ou.r,sr In ~ Licn m ro,,,n. bI,,s lo-yard line . mint wa sionAIIad The enort M r,,,, h,o,tos r.o.oa o,,. 80 ho,nas ot.a, 49, 49,, 80 “a ~, ., a. sing ,,ns o@,es sa ‘auS NJ. Use .s 5000 ,a’,.sa 90 .n.. .nu.1u ~ ~ w. =, ~ w Observation-Disclosures, “nn sn ‘”‘ ‘‘‘‘‘i ‘‘‘u Stevenson it was who in the second period scored again Ia for the oaasers on play which game between Columbia and Pennsylvania. Metzenthln stsnnlled for quarter back Drake he skipped. the lea Their Rugged in his Metz dropped the bali. Stevenson was on A. Ike f1asb. and takino II on the hound dushed forty-hve yards for a touchdown. On an almost identical play. when Corson. Pennsylvania quarter back, fumbled a kick last year; Net. following IKE hound. made coward sprint for tally 1t WAS For soms reason noss,hlv tn awe b,s heat players ior iater IN the year; Morley SEM game. Duden was In Echeverria’s place at left guard. Carter was full back and straneest Of ALL Metzenthn was left on the side lines, Donovan taking the quarter back position. 1t was fatal bit Of hnesse, for Donovan’s hesitancy In taking punts cost Columbia many ward Duden was as weak before the s Pennsylvapia PUSHES az Eebeverria mipht w wei haHe been In faet the latter when sent In later did good work in stopping the attacks hnrisd a, hin, Phiiade’ph’as beauty II not her ohivairy. the arst big sene q the season. ana stamped d N thss o sa o0’0n’‘ the ‘nv’‘o pss ao.S. %ta Queens ns0s Ike 1sss $.ass. :ss4,ss va , ss With sss toaues. From time TO time. little spurts and jsts q smoke {, from the tobacco burners on c s he and II A es soss to bad ss away from the pale blue smoke that colum, As far as the game was won and lost and the blame could be fixed on one man, Duell was the player whom a critic might say was at fault For his poor puntlng Penns yivania was able to seize the leather within striking distance Of two touchdowns Had he sent the leather even the ordinary distance OF difrerent. Certainly the taiiies would have been longer DELAYED. and for thai reason Pennsylvania at best would have scored How ragged and unscholarly WAS the play S Tan az and d pueli JusSled many Of Reynoidss kicks. Metzenthin, loudly cheered when he entered the game in the second half. made q NAN from which Stevenson scored. He iu1aied The hail twice afterward Greene dropped the bali at Columbia 3 . yard line, d Snus SAVING ‘”‘ DUO anu “ “‘‘‘ avn” ‘‘‘‘”‘ “yp.nr.v,ven;a UNA a heavv ,oaer from penslties, The ouakers lost total OF seventy yysrds Soumb}s being taxed only half ss m,,cb In the 6rsf half two offences az hniaino and an ofrside nav coat the Rad ond Ri”e thirtv.aye vards Coiumhia lost as great t0’ 1or one osiae piaX Tor hSid S sns o,s hsfora the Ieftpr coMd catch a oterepS f ~ %Xnn,i nsrind tho inca, eIavpn pn as .st hacI tbirtSnve Yards Tor four offsde plsys and holding nns g on1se ,rcv n,sv worsad device Of tuckina a bail under sweater.

  • The Perth Amboy evening news's story: HAIL, Y Franklin Field saw Columbia De- feated 10 to O..

    Perth Amboy evening news, New Jersey, October 24, 1904, page 1

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    HAIL, Y Franklin Field saw Columbia De- feated 10 to O.. iran rIelu saw ColutnDtn De- feated 10 to O. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. “a. Hail, PennsylvaEia!’ In the gathering dark ness that shrouded Franklin field after one of the bitterest gridiron battles ever fought in the Quaker City the adaptation. of the splendid Russian ma tional anthem rang out again and again right under the cloud of light blue and white that marked Columbia’s last stand, for the Quakers had beaten the Morningside. eleven by the decisive score of 16 to 0. Alert, desperate and ~resourceful, the black helmeted Quaker backs, reeled and swirled steadily and surely through the Columbia line, and the Quaker forwards, as eagerly insistcnt, ripped apart the Morningside defense until it was utterly undone. 1t was d splendid triumph for Penn ~sylvania and a bitter failure for Co lumbia. More than 600 undergrad ates stood as the whistle blew in the east section Of Franklin field and sang the song of “Sans Souci,” which is bet Ter to be priced than victory and more to be cherished than honorable defeat.

  • The The Salt Lake herald's story: PENN 10, COLUMBIA o. Guakers' Back Field Won the Game For Them

    The Salt Lake herald, Salt Lake City [Utah], October 23, 1904, page 8

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    PENN 10, COLUMBIA o. Guakers’ Back Field Won the Game For Them Philadelphia, Oct. 22.-Tbe University of Pennsylvania football eleven today defeated the Columbia university team 16 to 0. Pennsylvania scored two tOUchdowns in the first half and one in the second, one goal resulting. There was not a moment during the ell tire game in which the Pennsylvania goal was in danger. The teams were evenly matched III the line with the exception of the ends hut Pennsylvania was the stronger in the back field. Co lumbia’s ends were VIGOROUSLY weak. The opposing runner seldom failed to gain at these points. The game was unfair. and because Of these tactics one Columbian was sent TO the side line and several penalties were enforced against each eleven.

  • The The Savannah morning news's story: COL UMBIA FAILS TO PUNT OR PASS BALL.

    The Savannah morning news, Georgia, October 23, 1904, page 1

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    COL UMBIA FAILS TO PUNT OR PASS BALL. Philadelphia, Oct. 22.-The University of Pennsylvania football eleven today defeated the Columbia University team by the score of 16 to 0. There was not a moment during the entire game in which the Pennsylvania goal was in danger and eliminating miserable kicking and fumbles the score would have been tied at nothing, at the close.

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 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 61–⁠22–⁠1 in 84 meetings, counting the 73 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Columbia 28, Pennsylvania 27
2025Pennsylvania 35, Columbia 21
2024Columbia 23, Pennsylvania 17
2023Pennsylvania 20, Columbia 17
2022Pennsylvania 34, Columbia 14
2021Columbia 23, Pennsylvania 14

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