Penn State at Pittsburgh

• 

  The Wheeling intelligencer, Wheeling, W. Va., November 28, 1919, page 6

  Read the text

  STATE VICTOR OVER PITTS TEAM PITTSRIIHGIT Nov. 2T.--The Penn State football team defeated the lhlNrrsiiy Of Pittsburgh here today LOT inc first time in seven years. 80 10 U. nv latter team was outplnyrd IN every uc partmrnt Of the game. tho ruShcs Oh Davies and Hastings being ctlccuNti! topped by the Penn STAT line. whIlc thc line smashing of Hess. Smell. ana ltopp for the visitors. generally MADE gains : sufficient for first down III wv VI three tries. Added to this WAS the eHccIIrnt work Of Right Half Way who 49, cludcd among his features 4I-yard run for a touchdown. The third period was pcrhaps the only one evenly played, mt having braccd itself. Way got through with The ball however, and ran ~ yards ! for n third touchdown. Cuhhage bootru the ball between the goal posts making ! the score 20 TO 0. Coach warner mduc MANY substitutions in the final pcrlod’ and they mcnaccd the Penn state goal /, line. but the latter held them when they were in danger. Line up and SuintnaI>’ | Pitt (0). Penn stu’e W. ! Eckcrt .........’. Left End. Hartman ‘....’‘ >N’OeN Left Tackle. ! Mcnnor ............... .’‘.’‘‘‘ | Left Guard. ! Stein NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Cono’er | Mclean ............. ...’‘‘‘ - Right Guard. ! End ............’. 49, ‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘ ! Right Tackle. Evinr Higgins Right End. ! McCraCkcn ...........’.: .’‘‘‘‘‘‘ A>’‘‘ ! Quarter Back. / Davies ................. ...’...’‘ 9”e’‘ Left Half. ! Laughran ................... way ! Right Half. ! Hastings ................ .’..’‘.’ ihe’‘ ! Full Back. Score by periods: Pitt ................ ~ ; Touchdown Higgins. Hess, way . Goals from touchdown – Cubbase’ :. Missed goal from touchdown-CubbaSe. , orficials-Evans, Williams, referee; Ben nett, Pennsylvania. umpire; Echels’ W. q j.. head linesman. I Time Of pcriods-15 minutes. MANY sensations featured the open ing period. The Panthcrs opened PA! with a rush, and il looked as II fltt 3 wuI,ld carry the day, but hope went ,siimmcring when State held the locals ; for downs on the eight yard line; ieitL ! look the ball and Hess dropped back TO ! tho punting position. Instead OF M I;n : Ing. he shot long forward pass 10 aisgins, who darted down the held Tor ! touchdown, the play gaining 100 yaros. ! The field was sea Of mud ana IL was hnrd TO distinguish the players. who ! were experiencing difficulty IN handing ! the pigskin. ,o,. IN State put another touchdown across ~ . the second period by q terrific line ! drive from their own 81 yard line. Hess ! carried the ball over. but Cubbage failed AT goal. IT., ~ ; vord RIM for a touchdown. He went ! through the Pitt line, gave fine ex, hibition of broken field running nm. ana | eyaded eight Pitt tackles. During TINS ! ncrind Fit secured the ball on Pitt ; i’ve yard line on tumble. but the /; Panther lacked the punch TO put II Pitt held State we’ll during the 6nal period, but could do nothing ofensNely’ and was forced TO punt out many times

• 

  The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., November 28, 1919, page 10

  Read the text

  PENN STATE BEATS PITT Pittsburg, November 27.-The Penn sylvania state football team defeated the University of Pittsburgs here today for the first time in seven years, 20 to 0. The latter team was outplayed in every department of the game, the rushes Of Davies and Hastings being effectively stopped by the Penn State line while the line-smashing of Hess, Smell adm Robb for the visitors gem down in two or three tries. Added to this was the excellent work of Right Half Way, who included among his fealures a 47-yard run for touchdown. Coach Warner made many substtutons in the final period and they men aced the Penn state goal line, but the latter held them when they were in danger. The lineup and summary: Pittsburg Eckert. left end, Harman, left tackle: Meador, left guard , Stein, center Mclean, right guard; Bond. right tackle; Ewing, right end; McCracken. quarterback; Davies, left half Laughran, right half; Hastings, ullback. Penn state: Brown left end; Cub bage, left tackle; Pauch, left guard; Conover, center; Osborn. right guard !; Henry, right tackle; Higgins, right end; Robb. quarterback; Smell. left half; Way, right half; Hess, fullback. Score by periods Pittsburg ...............0 O. 0 Penn State .............7 90 uchdowns-Higgins, Hess. Way. Goals from OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 2. Missed goal from touchdown-Cubbage. Officials--Evans (Williams) referee; Bennett of Pennsylvania, UNI pire; Eckles CIV. & j., head linesman. Time of periods, Is minutes

• 

  The Washington herald, District of Columbia, November 28, 1919, page 8

  Read the text

  BEZDEK STATE TEAM JOLTS THE PAINTERS Pittsburgh. Nov. 27.-For the first time in seven years Penn state was the complete master of the University of Pittsburgh Panthers today. defeating them by a score of 20 to 0 in a game that demonstrated the in gcnuity Of Chief Coach Hugo Bezdek and placed him on the level of the great football mentors Of the age. The line plunging of Hess, Robb and Smell. the zigzagging of Way. the lat ter’s fine run of forty-seven yards through the whole Pitt team and Higgins great run of eighty yards for a touchdown were only a few Of the splendid exhibitions of the gridiron game displayed by the Blue and White. Pitt was outplayed in every period.

• 

  The Richmond Virginian, Richmond, Va., November 28, 1919, page 5

  Read the text

  Penn State Downs Pittsburg Univ, Pittsburg. Pa. Nov. 27.--For the first time in seven years Penn State was the complete master OF the Uni versity OF Pittsburg Panthcrs today, defeating them by a score of 20 to 0 in a game that demonstrated the in genuity OF Chief Coach Hugo Bexdek and placed him on the level of the great football mentors OF tho age. The line plunging OF Hess. Robb and Smell. the xigzagging of Way. the latter’s fine run of Al yards through the whole Pitt team and Higgins great run of so yards for a touch down were only few OF tho splendid exhibitions Of the gridiron gtme dis played In every period.

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 text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Officially, Penn State leads 53–⁠43–⁠4; as played, 52–⁠43–⁠4 in the 99 games on file; the official count covers all 100 meetings, counting the 78 since this game.