Penn State at Pennsylvania

Saturday, October 30, 1920

Penn State beat Pennsylvania 28–⁠7. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 18–⁠5–⁠1.

AwayPenn State7–⁠0–⁠2 in 1920
28
HomePennsylvania6–⁠4 in 1920
7

FinalHigh 55°F, low 42°FAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The The New York herald's story: 10000 SEE PENN LOSE TO PENN STATE BY 28-7 Hinkey Haines Makes Great Run From Own Ten Yard Line to Goal. QrAKERs FIGHT HARD McABnally Carries Ball Over Goal Line for Red and Blue in Final Period.

    The New York herald, New York, N.Y., October 31, 1920, page 1

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    10000 SEE PENN LOSE TO PENN STATE BY 28–⁠7 Hinkey Haines Makes Great Run From Own Ten Yard Line to Goal. QrAKERs FIGHT HARD McABnally Carries Ball Over Goal Line for Red and Blue in Final Period. Special Despatch TO THE NEW York HERALD. FRANKLIN FIELD, Pa, Oct. 30.--Led by the sensational playing of Hinkey Haines OF Red Lion. Pa, Penn State College defeated Penn on Franklin Field this afternoon. 2s to Z. IT was not until the final period and almost the closing play OF the game that McAnalIy. a substitute back, carried the ball over the goal line for the Red and Blue. State scored four touchdowns and ms many resulting goals More than 10000 persons saw tho downfall of Coach Heisrnans’s team It being apparent after the first few min rtes of play when Killlnger scored the first touchdown that Penn was in for q good beating. But the Quaker’s fought hard oil the way. They were outweighed and State presented a better coached team. State took the sails out of Penn in the first three minutes. A poor onside kick by Rex Wray gave Penn State the ball at mid-feld. and after series OF straight line bucks and runs. Killinger went over for a touchdown. Beck kicked the goal Penn rallied in the second period, and although State carried the ball to the vineyard line late In the period, the up-Staters were unable to score. Hatnes’s Thrilling Run. BY far the most sensational play OF the game was at the very start of the third period. when Haines received Herman Harveys kickoff on his own 10-yard line and. aided by good interference, raced to the goal line. 1t took Penn by storm. but State cut loose with Wild cheers in the north stand. IT was one of the most thrilling runs seen on Franklin Field in years. Beck kicked the goal. Before this period ended State had piled up two more touch downs. a blocked kick which Brown got on PENIS 39-yard line gave Coach Bez’ek’s team an opportunity to get started on its third touchdown. Joe Lightner was the hero in this march, the Marysville (Ta.) lad carrying the ball for gains Of five and six yards at clip when aim ing at PENIS line. He finally went over on six-yard shot around left end. Beck again kicked the goal Taking Carl Thomas punt at mid field about five minutes later. State started it’s last march to the goal line. Flames, Smell and Lightner found big holes and reeled off four and five yards at every attempt. Smell carried the ball for five yards and touchdown and Beck kicked his fourth straight goal. The lineup

  • The Evening star's story: PENN STATE TOP SCORER Registers 232 Points,. U. Is Second With 202-Boynton Heads Individual List.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 1, 1920, page 25

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    PENN STATE TOP SCORER Registers 232 Points,. U. Is Second With 202-Boynton Heads Individual List. Syracuse and West Point were the two teams that yielded their places among the unbeaten elevens as a resuit of Saturdays games on eastern gridirons. Eleven college teams have yet to suffer defeat this season, and of these three have scored six consecutiye victories. four of them have won Eve games in succession, two nave taken four straight and two have been triumphant in three contests in row. Three of the latter four teams have also played one tie game each. Penn State. which heads the list with Harvard and Brown at sir straight. tops them all in the matter of points scored. with a total of 232 Georgetown. in the second group of unbe aten teams, still holds second place. with 202. Cornell is next, with 1874 il five games. Benny Boynton. the Williams wiz ard, ma ;ntained his place at the head of the individual scorers. with a grand total of ninety points. his fourteen touchdowns being the most scored by any player. Kaw. the Cornell halfback. gained six points on Boynton. having a total of sew enty-two. Third place is still held jointly by Kellogg. Syracuse. and Way. Penn State. each having fifty points. The greatest gain was made by Oden of Brown. who jumped from twenty fourth place in the standing into eighth place.

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.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Penn State 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 25–⁠18–⁠4 in 47 meetings, counting the 23 since this game.

Recent meetings
1958Penn State 43, Pennsylvania 0
1957Penn State 19, Pennsylvania 14
1956Penn State 34, Pennsylvania 0
1955Penn State 20, Pennsylvania 0
1954Penn State 35, Pennsylvania 13
1953Pennsylvania 13, Penn State 7

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