Penn State at Pennsylvania

Saturday, November 18, 1922

Pennsylvania beat Penn State 7–⁠6. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 19–⁠5–⁠1.

AwayPenn State6–⁠4–⁠1 in 1922
6
HomePennsylvania6–⁠3 in 1922
7

FinalHigh 54°F, low 42°FAttendance 50,000

In the newspapers

  • The Great Falls tribune. (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current's story: Tiger Dropkick Downs Eli Yale; Brown Does Same to Crimson Team Pitt Plays Rings Around W and J; Dartmouth Defeats Columbia. Penn Wins Over Penn State by Single Point.

    Great Falls tribune. (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, Montana, November 19, 1922, page 1

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    Tiger Dropkick Downs Eli Yale; Brown Does Same to Crimson Team Pitt Plays Rings Around W and J; Dartmouth Defeats Columbia. Penn Wins Over Penn State by Single Point. Princeton. \. j.. Nov. 1S.-Another hero was added to the long list Of Princeton’s gridiron stars when Ken meth Smith. the Tigers right end, dropkicked a field goal in the thine period of the game against Yale here today and won the annual inter-vaTsity classic from the Orange and Black. 3 to o. Smiths name will 90 down in Princeton pigskin history with those Of the famous Poes, John Dewitt. Sam White and others who with sterling gridiron worth have scored winning points for their alma mater. All season Princeton coaches have been drilling Smith in the art Of dropkicking, as some years ago Iarward developed Charley Brickley. To day their task brought ample reward. The Newark lad, scarcely out of his teens. standing on Yale,s 15-yard line. calmly lifted the ball over the goal bar and this feat, not particularly impress siye at the time, spelled victory. in huge letters late in the twilight when the rival teams left the field without further scoring. To Princeton’s linz. which held solid

  • The The Washington times's story: Pennsylvania Barely Defeats State College

    The Washington times, District of Columbia, November 19, 1922, page 17

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    Pennsylvania Barely Defeats State College PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1S.-Penn. sylvania squeezed through to a hard earned victory of to 6 over State College on Franklin Field this afternoon. Swept on by the same spirit that bowled over the ballicwacks of the Navy. the University men pierced the defense Of the upstate eleven for a touchdown in the third peri. cd and big Tex Hamer with a boot, clear and true, drew a place. ment goal for the point which ultimatelv threw the balance in the Red and Blues favor. Capt. Poss Miller, whose deeds OF valor practically won the Navy game, was the hero Of the day, together with Hamer. Miller scored the Penn touchdown after receiving n forward pass from McGraw on States S-yard line. Later in the same session. the up. state aggregation marched more than eighty yards for a touchdown, Wilson taking the ball over on a fifteen-yard forward pass. Mike Palm then missed a goal In the try for point and this gave the University men the victory.

  • The The Washington herald's story: Pennsylvania Barely Defeats State College

    The Washington herald, November 19, 1922, page 17

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    Pennsylvania Barely Defeats State College PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 1S.-Pennsylvania squeezed through to a hard-earned victory of to over State College on Franklin Field this afternoon. Swept on by the same spirit that bowled over the Eallicwacks of the Navy. the University men pierced the defense of the upstate eleven for a touchdown in the third peri cd and big Tex Hamer with a boot, clear and true, drew n place ment goal for the point which ultimately threw the balance in the Red and Blues favor. Capt. Poss Miller, whose deeds of valor practically won the Navy game, was the hero of the day, to-. gether with HaIner. Miller scored the Penn touchdown after receiving a forward pass from McGraw on States S-yard line. Later in the same session. the up. State aggregation marched more than eighty yards for a touchdown. Wilson taking the ball over on a fifteen-yard forward pass. Mike Palm then missed a goal in the try for point and this gave the University men the victory.

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 57% to win. Pennsylvania won as Elo’s underdog.

Pennsylvania leads 25–⁠18–⁠4 in 47 meetings, counting the 22 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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