Penn State at Navy

Saturday, November 1, 1924

Penn State beat Navy 6–⁠0. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Navy led the series 10–⁠7–⁠1.

AwayPenn State6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1924
6
HomeNavy2–⁠6 in 1924
0

FinalHigh 70°F, low 50°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: MTTANY LIONS BEAT NAVY, 60 Middies Put Up Great Defense Against Penn State

    The Birmingham age-herald, November 2, 1924, page 10

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    MTTANY LIONS BEAT NAVY, 60 Middies Put Up Great Defense Against Penn State ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 1.-Penn State college and the Annapolis Midshipmen clashed on the gridiron at the Naval Academy today in bitter struggle, the Nittany Lions emerging victorious, i to 0. The Middies, setting up stalwart de- fense at crucial stages, prevented their goal line from being crossed, the victors’ score being represented by two field goals from the right toe of Provost veteran tackle, one in the third period and the other in the final session. The first was from range of 31 yards and the second only 17 yards away.

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.

Penn State leads 19–⁠17–⁠1 in 37 meetings, counting the 19 since this game.

Recent meetings
2012Penn State 34, Navy 7
1974Navy 7, Penn State 6
1973Penn State 39, Navy 0
1972Penn State 21, Navy 10
1971Penn State 56, Navy 3
1970Penn State 55, Navy 7

Around this game

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