Pennsylvania vs. Ursinus
Pennsylvania and Ursinus first met in 1905 and have played 10 times; Pennsylvania leads the series 8–2. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Pennsylvania 8–2. Share
- Pennsylvania wins
- 8
- Ursinus wins
- 2
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1905
- Longest streak
- 5 Pennsylvania
- Current streak
- 1 Ursinus
- Last 10 meetings
- Pennsylvania 8–2
- Most recent
- 1934
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–1 |
- Average margin
- 23.8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Pennsylvania
- 8–2 Pennsylvania’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 8
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Pennsylvania’s biggest win1905: Pennsylvania 39, Ursinus 0by 39 points
- Ursinus’s biggest win1910: Ursinus 8, Pennsylvania 5by 3 points
- Upset1910: Ursinus 8, Pennsylvania 5Ursinus had a 7% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1934: Ursinus 7, Pennsylvania 6Ursinus had a 14% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
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
1905 · The daily morning journal and courier, Oct 19, 1905
1908 · The morning journal-courier, Connecticut, Oct 1, 1908
1909 · The Lake County times, Hammond, Ind., Sep 30, 1909
1910 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 25, 1910
1911 · The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, Oct 8, 1911
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 6, 1934 | Ursinus 7, Pennsylvania 6 | at Pennsylvania | ||
| Sep 29, 1928 | Pennsylvania 34, Ursinus 0 | at Pennsylvania | ||
| Sep 26, 1925 | Pennsylvania 32, Ursinus 0 | at Pennsylvania | ||
| Sep 27, 1924 | Pennsylvania 34, Ursinus 0 | at Pennsylvania | ||
| Oct 9, 1912 | Pennsylvania 34, Ursinus 0 | at Pennsylvania | ||
| Oct 7, 1911 | Pennsylvania 9, Ursinus 0 | at Pennsylvania | ||
| Sep 24, 1910 | Ursinus 8, Pennsylvania 5 | at Pennsylvania | ||
| Sep 29, 1909 | Pennsylvania 22, Ursinus 0 | at Pennsylvania | ||
| Sep 30, 1908 | Pennsylvania 30, Ursinus 0 | at Pennsylvania | ||
| Oct 18, 1905 | Pennsylvania 39, Ursinus 0 | at Pennsylvania |
Every game is listed as played on the field.