Pennsylvania at Columbia
Wednesday, October 22, 1890 Share
Pennsylvania beat Columbia 18–0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 4–1–1.
FinalHigh 55°F, low 42°F
In the newspapers

New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 23, 1890, page 1
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4 ROUGH GAME or FOOTBALL. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MEN BEAT COLUMBIA ID TO O. b. football match between Columbia college and the ,niversty OF Pepnsylvsnia teams, which took pace ..rdav afternoon Of Brotherhood Park, resulted IN uote victory for Pennsylvania the score being 10 70 n The Columbia team was weakened seriously oy tae ,os. a, Janewey and couple OF other men, snq taey 90, confident that with these men they could hoia ,he, rivals down TO b much lower score For Inc pennsylvanans Camp play cd phenomenal game do.hS nearly all the brilliant running for bis side anA scoring tbree ont Of their four t0pchdowns. columbia had the ball at the beginning OF the nret hal, and the teams fought hercely measuring tne’r strength at centre-rush and doing little outside pay 1no vistors showed o little better team work d the .tort and pushed through the C0lunbias WITH tho “ tck at every attempt. Pennsylvania has reputa’loh tor nlayIug rather roughly, and some OF tHcir He4 n,oxed nasty game from tho start, holding, tripping and smuggling, much to the disgust OF the spectators ,o,v college students, who were surprised that 10 an, was disqualified. was hard 70 determine whiS an h Was the best even Of the end OF tho hfs hati or Snumbia held her rivals TO points and the inmUnnE ~ pernsylvania throughout was pronounced thougn a aava not Of BY Columbia dispute i4 this hall cmsed change Of referees Mr.. Easement q Pnn,cr,h TSsnS the pics of Mr.. Ely. OF the Manhattan A”e”‘ The second half was started BY Pennsylysnla WIN Tho wy movement, and they seemed to play On al tnGether different game, ginning almost every ao”n, ansC carving the ball across the line twice ~ lew u tnrtcs Camp and Church each scoring touchdo~ns The Columbas got mad and began to return te ro.sh piay was INDUCED In both Sides, but the goal was Rc&ed Tor PeNnsy lvania, making the score 10 TO U.
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 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Pennsylvania–Columbia gamePennsylvania leads 61–22–1 in 84 meetings, counting the 78 since this game.
Around this game
Pennsylvania
- Next gamevs. Franklin & MarshallOct. 25, 1890
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1890
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records
Columbia
- Next gamevs. FordhamOct. 30, 1890
- SeasonColumbia in 1890
- ProgramColumbia history and records

