Penn State at Pennsylvania

Saturday, November 17, 1923

Penn State beat Pennsylvania 21–⁠0. It was their 26th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 19–⁠6–⁠1.

AwayPenn State6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1923
21
HomePennsylvania5–⁠4 in 1923
0

FinalHigh 51°F, low 46°FAttendance 56,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: Penn State Humbles Penn Quakers 2l To 0

    The Birmingham age-herald, November 18, 1923, page 15

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    Penn State Humbles Penn Quakers 2l To 0 PHILADELPHIA. Nov 17.--penn- sylvania State humbled the Univer- sity of Pennsylvanit on frankiin field today before 55,000 persons, 21 to o. wilson, the gerat halfback from State college, scored all three touchdowns. Shuster kicked tho goals after the touchdowns. The Nitany Lions played superior aIl-round game with the possible eS- ception of bunting. Their plays were run off with precision and they were neve rin serious trouble from the nt- tacks of the Philadelphia team. Ine Penn State line held when the Ousakers assaulted it and on the at tack the upstate team barely faled to gain. &

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)

Pennsylvania 52% to win. Penn State won as Elo’s underdog.

Pennsylvania leads 25–⁠18–⁠4 in 47 meetings, counting the 21 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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