St. Bonaventure at Penn State

Saturday, September 23, 1922

Penn State beat St. Bonaventure 54–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; Penn State leads the series 4–⁠0.

AwaySt. Bonaventure0–⁠3 in 1922
0
HomePenn State6–⁠4–⁠1 in 1922
54

FinalHigh 80°F, low 49°FAttendance 3,000

In the newspapers

  • The The New York herald's story: Penn State Eleven Opens Campaign With Easy Win Nittany Lions Romp Over St. Bonaventures, 54 to 0.

    The New York herald, New York, September 24, 1922, page 48

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    Penn State Eleven Opens Campaign With Easy Win Nittany Lions Romp Over St. Bonaventures, 54 to 0. Special Dispatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD. STATE COLLEGE, Pa, Sept. 23.-Rolling up 81 points against st. Bonaventure this afternoon the Nittany Lions Of Penn State opened their season with a victory the visitors being powerless to dent Bezdek’s line. Eight touchdowns were pushed over by Penn States In. experienced backs. all of them on straight line plays or end runs. Considerable interest was attached TO the try for point after touchdown under the new rule. but Bezdek failed to uncover any special trick play. The lineup

  • The Evening journal's story: Saturdays Football

    Evening journal, September 25, 1922, page 11

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    Saturdays Football lWTP, F61 BdVVsT U Holy Cross. 10; Submarine Base, Q. Union, 1S; Clarkson, 6. Washington-Jeffers 14i Geneva, o. Maine, IA; Connecticut Aggies, o. st. Stephens. 13; st. Lawrence, Z. Penn State. 54; st. Bonaventure. 0. Muhlenberg. 33; Stroudsburg, 0. Syracuse, 2s; Hobart. Z. New Hampshire State. 40; q. S. Marines, 0. Franklin-Marshall, 90; Albright, 2. Bucknell. 61; Mansfield, o. Butler. g.; Wilmington, o. Mich. state Normal, 10; Defiance, O..

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 95% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Penn State leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings.

Recent meetings
1922Penn State 54, St. Bonaventure 0
1917Penn State 99, St. Bonaventure 0
1911Penn State 46, St. Bonaventure 0
1910Penn State 34, St. Bonaventure 0

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