Maryland vs. Pennsylvania

Maryland and Pennsylvania have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1922; Pennsylvania leads the series 4–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Pennsylvania 4–⁠1, and Pennsylvania has won the last 3.

Maryland wins
1
Pennsylvania wins
4
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1922
Longest streak
3 Pennsylvania
Current streak
3 Pennsylvania
Last 10 meetings
Pennsylvania 4–⁠1
Most recent
1941

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s1–⁠1
1930s0–⁠1
1940s0–⁠2
Average margin
24.4 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Pennsylvania
4–⁠1 Pennsylvania’s record at home
Shutouts
3

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Maryland’s biggest win1923: Maryland 3, Pennsylvania 0by 3 points
  2. Pennsylvania’s biggest win1940: Pennsylvania 51, Maryland 0by 51 points
  3. Upset1923: Maryland 3, Pennsylvania 0Maryland had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Maryland and Pennsylvania, 1922 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1922 game: MARYLANDERS HOLD QUAKERS TO 12-O SCORE College Park Team Puts Up Great Defense When Penn Threatens Its Goal. n, !,

    1922 · The Washington times, Oct 15, 1922

  • The Evening star's story of the 1923 game: Marine Eeren Defeats Geogeto,v Maryland u Conques Penn 3c DROPKICK LATE IN GAME BY GROVES NETS VICTORY Boots Ball Over After McQuade, Who Advances it to Advantageous Spot, is Carried off Field. Contest is Terrific Struggle.

    1923 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 7, 1923

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1937 game: SCORES OF GRID GAMES

    1937 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 4, 1937

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1940 game: Pennsylvania Wins Easily Over Maryland

    1940 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Oct 6, 1940

  • The Evening star's story of the 1941 game

    1941 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 28, 1941

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

Oct 25, 194112Pennsylvania 55, Maryland 6at Pennsylvania
Oct 5, 1940Pennsylvania 51, Maryland 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 2, 1937Pennsylvania 28, Maryland 21at Pennsylvania
Oct 6, 1923Maryland 3, Pennsylvania 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 14, 1922Pennsylvania 12, Maryland 0at Pennsylvania

Every game is listed as played on the field.