Rutgers at Pennsylvania

Wednesday, October 21, 1891

Pennsylvania beat Rutgers 32–⁠6. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 8–⁠3.

AwayRutgers8–⁠6 in 1891
6
HomePennsylvania11–⁠2 in 1891
32

FinalHigh 62°F, low 46°F, 0.03 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: RUTGERS BEATEN BY PENNSYLVANIA.

    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.

Pennsylvania leads 10–⁠6 in 16 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1964Rutgers 10, Pennsylvania 7
1963Pennsylvania 7, Rutgers 6
1962Rutgers 12, Pennsylvania 7
1961Rutgers 20, Pennsylvania 6
1934Pennsylvania 27, Rutgers 19
1891Pennsylvania 32, Rutgers 6

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