Pennsylvania vs. Swarthmore

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

1. Pennsylvania’s biggest win1889: Pennsylvania 82, Swarthmore 0by 82 points
2. Swarthmore’s biggest win1918: Swarthmore 20, Pennsylvania 12by 8 points
3. Upset1918: Swarthmore 20, Pennsylvania 12Swarthmore had a 14% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1912: Swarthmore 6, Pennsylvania 3Swarthmore had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1916: Swarthmore 6, Pennsylvania 0Swarthmore had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

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.

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  1902 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 12, 1902

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  1904 · The Bennington evening banner, Bennington, Vt., Sep 29, 1904

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  1906 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 14, 1906

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  1912 · Evening capital and Maryland gazette, Oct 14, 1912

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  1913 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 12, 1913

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Pennsylvania vs. Cornell110 meetings, Pennsylvania 65–⁠40–⁠5
• Pennsylvania vs. Princeton95 meetings, Pennsylvania 31–⁠63–⁠1
• Pennsylvania vs. Columbia84 meetings, Pennsylvania 61–⁠22–⁠1
• Pennsylvania vs. Lafayette80 meetings, Pennsylvania 55–⁠21–⁠4
• Swarthmore vs. Lafayette16 meetings, Swarthmore 4–⁠12
• Swarthmore vs. Lehigh15 meetings, Swarthmore 4–⁠11
• Swarthmore vs. Bucknell10 meetings, Swarthmore 6–⁠4