Gettysburg at Pennsylvania
Wednesday, October 14, 1908 Share
Pennsylvania beat Gettysburg 23–4. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 11–0–1.
FinalHigh 64°F, low 32°F
In the newspapers

The morning journal-courier, Connecticut, October 15, 1908, page 6
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SUBS BETTER THAN REGULARS. Quaker Sidcine Men Pile Up Big Score Against Gettysburg. Philadelphia, oct 1.-The University of Pennsylvania defeated the Gettys- burg college football eleven today 23 to 4 With all the regulars in the lineup the first half resulted 6 to 4 in favor of Pennsylvania, but the substitutes who came on in the second half, play ed much faster football and scored three touchdowns, from which two goals resulted.

New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 15, 1908, page 1
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GETTYSBURG SCORES ON PENN. Philadelphia. Oct. 14-PennsyIvania defeated the Gettysburg College football eleven here to-day by score Of % to / with all the regulars in the line I’D the first half resulted TO T in favor Of Penn sylvania. The substitutes who came in the second half played much faster football however. and scored three touchdowns for Pennsylvania, from which two goals resulted.

The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 15, 1908, page 1
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Pennsylvania Defeats cettvsburo. Philadelphia, October 14.-Pennsylvana defeated Gettysburg eleven today by the ‘score of 23 to 4. With all the regulars in the lineup the first half resulted to in favor of Pennsylvania, but the substi- tutes, who came on in the second half played much faster football and scored three touchdowns. from which two goals resulted.
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 95% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Gettysburg–Pennsylvania gamePennsylvania leads 18–0–1 in 19 meetings, counting the seven since this game.
Around this game
Gettysburg
- Next gamevs. DickinsonOct. 31, 1908
- SeasonGettysburg in 1908
- ProgramGettysburg history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gamevs. BrownOct. 17, 1908
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1908
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records
