Gettysburg at Penn State

Saturday, October 13, 1923

Penn State beat Gettysburg 20–⁠0. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 20–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayGettysburg0–⁠2 in 1923
0
HomePenn State6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1923
20

FinalHigh 78°F, low 41°FAttendance 3,000

In the newspapers

  • The Atlanta tri-weekly journal's story: TECH AND FLORIDA BATTLE IN I TO 7 TIE GAME

    Atlanta tri-weekly journal, Atlanta, Ga., October 16, 1923, page 6 (results column)

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    TECH AND FLORIDA BATTLE IN I TO 7 TIE GAME Georgia Tech and Florida met Sat urday in the feature game of south ern football and battled to 7 to 7 tie. The Gators outplayed the Vel low Jackets by a wide margin in the first half, but the tables were turned in the second part. With the Flor idians slowed down by the gruelling battle Coach Alexander sent in his fresh pony backfield and they proved too fast for the visitors. Both teams battled with great determination and the score represents truly the merit of the play. Yale annihilated the University OF Georgia at New Haven; score 40 to O. The southerners were suffering from stage fright and allowed Yale to run up % points in the first pc riod. After this they steadied and actually outplayed their more ia nous opponent in the second period Finally they tired and Yale added II points more. Georgia’s backs rushed the ball nearly as far as Yale’s, but fumbles and poor covering of kicks proved fatal. Joe Bennett. Georgia leader, played the best game on the field. Vanderbilt lost to Michigan at Ann Arbor by 3 to 0, and had the big western team worried all through the game. The Colonies from Centre struck their stdie after two poor games and defeated Clemson impressively by q % to score. University of Alabama journeyed north and met Syracuse university. losing % to 0, but giving their bigger foes hard fight. Auburn defeated Howard handily, SO to o. North Carolina State beat South Carolina, 70 to o. Washington and V. NJ. l. defeated Roanoke. q 10 6. Other games: Furman, 20; Presbyterian Col lege, O. University of Mississippi, 33: Southwestern Presbyterian, 0. University of Chattanooga, 10; Cumberland University, 10, Emory and Henry, 0; Kentucky Wesleyan, 80. Mississippi A. & M, 6; Ouachita, 0. Arkansas, %; Rice, 0. Newberry, %; Lenoir, 0. Louisiana State. 33; Spring Hill, 0. Virginia, 80; st. Johns (Annapolis), z. Texas University, 80; Tulane, o. Mississippi College, 10; Birmingham Southern, 0. William and Mary, “A; Guilford college, 0. Notre Dame, 10; Army, o. Syracuse. IS; Alabama, 0. Lafayette, 33; F. and M, 0. Cornell, IS; Williams, 6. Nebraska, “a Oklahoma. 0. Northwestern, 6; Indiana, Z. Harvard, 6: Middlebury, 6. w. & j., u; Brown, Z. Penn State, 20; Gettysburg, 0. West Virginia University, 13 University of Pittsburg, 7. Brown, Z; Washington and JEFF ferson, u. Minnesota, 13; Haskell Indians, ~ Wisconsin, 81; Michigan Aggies, O. Indiana, 7; Northwestern, 6. Colgate, IS; Ohio State, %, tie. Columbia, 10; Wesleyan. 6. Pennsylvania, IS; Swarthmore, 10. Nebraska, “a; Oklahoma, 0. Illinois, 81; Butler, Z. Iowa, Z; Perdue, O. Wake Forest, 1S; Lynchburg, o. Davidson, Z; Citadel, 0. Rutgers, 10; Lehigh, O.. Navy. 81; West Virginia Wesley an, 7. y Third Corps Area, q; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, II. Cornell, %; Williams, 6. Colgate, %; Ohio State, 23. Dayton University, So; Transylvania, 0. Louisiana State university, SO; Spring Hill, 0. Missouri University. 0; Iowa State, 2. Kansas, 9; Oklahoma Aggies. o. Catholic university, 81; Randolph Macon, 0. .. S. Marines, Z; North Georgia

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: BIG ELEVENS RUN TRUE TO FORM IN GAMES SATURDAY. Middlebury-Harvard Battle Is Only Surprising Game

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 15, 1923, page 8 (results column)

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    BIG ELEVENS RUN TRUE TO FORM IN GAMES SATURDAY. Middlebury-Harvard Battle Is Only Surprising Game NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-While there was no notable upsets in Saturdays gridiron contests, with the possible exception of the Harvard Middlebury tie, the results in many instances served to intensity interest in games scheduled for this week. The fast Notre Dame eleven, which won from the heavier Army team Saturday, IS to 0, Is expected to find the going more difficult this week when it meets the Princeton Tigers at Princeton. The Tigers de- feated Georgetown handily, Il to O., yesterday. Notable among the games sched- uled for this week also will be the clash. between the Navy, which won from West Virginia Wesleyan, 27 to z, and Penn State. which conquered Gettysburg, 20 to 0. Syracuse’s victory over Alabama, 23 to 0, has stimulated interest In the formers meeting with Pittsburg, scheduled for next Saturday in New York city The West Pointers were to meet Alabama Poly at West Point and the game is expected to attract big crowd from this city. Cornell. which won a hard-fought battle with Williams yesterday, may find the going rough this week when the Ithaca eleven meets Col gate, which yesterday held Ohio State to a tie. Yale experienced little difficulty in piling up a 40 to 0 score against the University of Georgia and antici- pates little trouble in this week S contest with Bucknell. Harvard on other hand was unable to do better than break even with Middlebury, to the surprise of the Crimson follow CTS Holy Cross will be Harvard’s opponent Saturday.

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 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Penn State leads 25–⁠0–⁠1 in 26 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1937Penn State 32, Gettysburg 6
1934Penn State 32, Gettysburg 6
1928Penn State 12, Gettysburg 0
1927Penn State 34, Gettysburg 13
1924Penn State 26, Gettysburg 0
1923Penn State 20, Gettysburg 0

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