Penn State at Syracuse

Saturday, October 31, 1925

Syracuse beat Penn State 7–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 3–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayPenn State4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1925
0
HomeSyracuse8–⁠1–⁠1 in 1925
7

FinalHigh 39°F, low 20°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: SYRACUSE CONQUERS PENN STATE, 7 TO 0

    Evening star, November 1, 1925, page 95

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    SYRACUSE CONQUERS PENN STATE, 7 TO 0 By the Associated Press. SYRACUSE. y. Y. October 81 Syracuse University maintained its unbroken string of victories here today and kept its goal line inrioiate in conquering a hard-fghting Penn State team in spirited gridiron joust before 10000 spectators. on muddy field. The score was to 0. A tumble by Dangerfield on the first lineup after the kickoff starting the second half paved the way for the Orange score. Friedman recovcred Dangerfeld’s tumble on Penn States 22-yard line. Two bucks by Barbuti and a 9-yard dash by Capt. Jim Foley gave Syracuse a first down on Nittany’s 11-yard line. A forward pass. Carr to Foley, placed the ball within two yards of a touch down and then two more drives by Barbuti gained second first down one foot from the goal line. Barbuti plunged over for thes score on the next play. Carr kicked the extra point. o2-yard line early in the first quarter with Barbuti hammerins at the cen ter of>the line. Nittany braced here, however. and Carr missed place ment kick from the 30-yard mark. In the second period Penn State penetrated to Syracuse’s 25-yard mark and then Weston missed try from place ment from the 33-yard line. Penn State never advanced beyond its own 40-yard line in the second half, while Syracuse was several times deep in Nittany ground. Syracuse made eight first downs to four for Penn State. Capt. Foley was the outstanding offensive player for the Orange, time and again bring ing the crowd to it’s feet with his dashes off tackle and his run backs of kicks. Today’s victory leaves Syracuse the only team in the East which has not been scored on.

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)

Syracuse 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Penn State leads 43–⁠23–⁠5 in 71 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.

Recent meetings
2013Penn State 23, Syracuse 17
2009Penn State 28, Syracuse 7
2008Penn State 55, Syracuse 13
1990Penn State 27, Syracuse 21
1989Penn State 34, Syracuse 12
1988Syracuse 24, Penn State 10

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