Gettysburg vs. Pennsylvania
Gettysburg and Pennsylvania first met in 1893 and have played 19 times; Pennsylvania leads the series 18–0–1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Pennsylvania 9–0, and Pennsylvania has won the last 9. Share
- Gettysburg wins
- 0
- Pennsylvania wins
- 18
- Ties
- 1
- First meeting
- 1893
- Longest streak
- 9 Pennsylvania
- Current streak
- 9 Pennsylvania
- Last 10 meetings
- Pennsylvania 9–0
- Most recent
- 1921
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 0–4 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 0–8–1 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 0–5 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 0–1 |
- Average margin
- 29.8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Pennsylvania
- 18–0–1 Pennsylvania’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 15
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Pennsylvania’s biggest win1893: Pennsylvania 74, Gettysburg 0by 74 points
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
From the newspapers
1901 · The Worcester spy, Worcester, Mass., Oct 24, 1901
1902 · Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, Oct 16, 1902
1903 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 15, 1903
1904 · Evening journal, Delaware, Oct 13, 1904
1905 · Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., Oct 5, 1905
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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
Every game is listed as played on the field.