Rutgers at Pennsylvania
Wednesday, October 21, 1891 Share
Pennsylvania beat Rutgers 32–6. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 8–3.
FinalHigh 62°F, low 46°F, 0.03 in. of rain
In the newspapers

New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 22, 1891, page 1
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RUTGERS BEATEN BY PENNSYLVANIA. Philadelphia Oct. i CSpecian.--The Rutgers College football tenn beaten her” today bv Oh” eleven 81 the University Of Pennsylvania, In two thrtv-mnute halves by the score g. The Pennsylvania line was bucked and tossed around at win By the Rutgers orw1rds ana all that enabled the 10 the wonderful running OF Camp, who occasionally ably ntcrf-red for. Thayer also played finely. The Kutrers men PLAYED powerful wedge game that it seemed almost impossible % resist.
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 80% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Rutgers–Pennsylvania gamePennsylvania leads 10–6 in 16 meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 1964 | Rutgers 10, Pennsylvania 7 | |
| 1963 | Pennsylvania 7, Rutgers 6 | |
| 1962 | Rutgers 12, Pennsylvania 7 | |
| 1961 | Rutgers 20, Pennsylvania 6 | |
| 1934 | Pennsylvania 27, Rutgers 19 | |
| 1891 | Pennsylvania 32, Rutgers 6 |
Around this game
Rutgers
- Next gamevs. StevensOct. 24, 1891
- SeasonRutgers in 1891
- ProgramRutgers history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gameat LehighOct. 24, 1891
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1891
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records

