Pennsylvania vs. Pennsylvania Military

Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Military have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1879; Pennsylvania leads the series 3–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Pennsylvania 3–⁠0, and Pennsylvania has won the last 3.

Pennsylvania wins
3
Pennsylvania Military wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1879
Longest streak
3 Pennsylvania
Current streak
3 Pennsylvania
Last 10 meetings
Pennsylvania 3–⁠0
Most recent
1919

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1870s1–⁠0
1910s2–⁠0
Average margin
28 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Pennsylvania
3–⁠0 Pennsylvania’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Military, 1879 on13001500170018801900192019401960198020002020

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 New Britain herald's story of the 1917 game: PENN WINS EASILY.

    1917 · New Britain herald, Nov 7, 1917

  • The New Britain herald's story of the 1919 game: MAJOR ELEVENS HARD PRESSED IN LAST SATURDAYS GAME Smaller College Teams Show Strength in All Depart ments-Interesting port Shown By Large Crowds E everywhere.

    1919 · New Britain herald, Connecticut, Oct 6, 1919

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 4, 1919Pennsylvania 54, Pennsylvania Military 0at Pennsylvania
Nov 6, 1917Pennsylvania 23, Pennsylvania Military 0at Pennsylvania
Nov 15, 1879Pennsylvania 7, Pennsylvania Military 0at Pennsylvania

Every game is listed as played on the field.