Ursinus at Swarthmore
Saturday, November 2, 1912 Share
Swarthmore beat Ursinus 22–0. It was their second meeting; Swarthmore leads the series 2–0.
Final
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 3, 1912, page 62
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EASY FOR SWARTHMORE. Ursinus Goes Down to Defeat By Score of 90 to @. COLLHiEVILLE, Pa, November q Two blocked punts helped Swarthmore TO defeat Ursinus here today by the score of 20 to o. Ursinus team is composed chiefly of new men, but from whistle TO whistle they battled bravely to stave off defeat at the hands of the veteran Swarthmore eleven. Swarthmore has a reputation for It’s success in handling the forward pass, but out of nineteen at tempts to use this form of open style of play today only five succeeded. Twice in the second period Ursinus held Swarthmore for downs within the 15-yard line only to have their punts blocked and the ball fall into a Swarthmore mans hands for easy touchdowns. No substitutions were made by either team. The
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)
Swarthmore 88% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Ursinus–Swarthmore gameSwarthmore leads 2–0 in two meetings.
| 1912 | Swarthmore 22, Ursinus 0 | |
| 1903 | Swarthmore 27, Ursinus 0 |
Around this game
Ursinus
- Next gameat CornellSept. 27, 1913
- SeasonUrsinus in 1912
- ProgramUrsinus history and records
Swarthmore
- Next gamevs. LehighNov. 9, 1912
- SeasonSwarthmore in 1912
- ProgramSwarthmore history and records