Syracuse at Penn State

Saturday, October 23, 1926

Syracuse beat Penn State 10–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 4–⁠0–⁠1.

AwaySyracuse7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1926
10
HomePenn State5–⁠4 in 1926
0

FinalHigh 56°F, low 41°FAttendance 8,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: SYRACUSE CONQUERS PENN STATE, 10 TO 0

    Evening star, October 24, 1926, page 81

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    SYRACUSE CONQUERS PENN STATE, 10 TO 0 STATE COLLEGE. I’a.. October % Syracuse University spoiled Penn States alumni homecoming Celebration today with n foot ball victory of 10 to o before a crowd Of 5000 per sons Syracuse scored ita touchdown on straight. offensive foot ball. Syracuse started her march tn victory in the second period on. her own 3a-yard mark Line bucks and end runs by Barbuti and Clark sma shed Penn States defense. Not discouraged by 5-yard penalty from the 1-yard line. Barbuti in three plays went over for the only touchdown. Just prior to this. Syracuse recovcred a tumble when Walkner attempt ed to punt, taking the ball on Penn States 15-yard line. Three conSec utive forward passes were batted down by Dangerfield. all of them miss ing Orange receivers by inches. In the final minutes of play Penn state made a desperate offensive stand on their 25.yard line. Lungren started heaving long forward passes. one was intercepted. Clark and Barbuti carried the ball on line plunges and end runs to the five-yard line where the Nittany Lions held like n stone wall. Then Cook booted n perfect placement goal making the score 10 to o, with hut one minute to play. The game was featured br the powerful thrusts of Barb,ti and Clark and the dashing end play of Captain Vic Hanson and ArchOsta. Danger fields eagle eye in batting down passes. and the offensive play of Penn States line were outstanding performances for the Nittany Lions. Syracuse tailed 13 first downs to 3 for Penn State

  • The Douglas daily dispatch's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS

    Douglas daily dispatch, October 24, 1926, page 6 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS Pennsylvania, SO; Williams, Amherst, 20; Wesleyan. u. Lake Forest (Ills) School, IS; Yale freshmen, 0. Ohio state, %; Iowa; 8. West Virginia university. z; Wes-1 leyan, 0. Haverford, s; Hamilton, 0. Vernfnnt, IA; Tufts, 1S. ’2t Columbia. “a; Duke, 0. Navy, 10; Colgate, z. Brown, Z; Yale,@O. ST. Xavier, 80; Kenyon, 0. Massachusetts, Aggles, Z; Wor. cester Tech, 0. Bowdoin, 21; Colby, II. Princeton, Z; Lehigh, 6. Washington and Jefferson, %; Lordham, 13. Johns Hopkins, 0; Loycla, !. Mich.g gan, 13; Illinois, o. wisconsin, 27; Indiana, 2. Providence, 6; st. Johns, (tie). Allegheny, 81 st. Francis, 0, Rochester, o.; Operlin, 18. = 1 Villa Nova, 32; Dickinson, 0. Norwich, IA; MiddAbury, b. Maine, sS; Bates, o. Army II; Boston u, 20. Lafayette, 80; Albright, Z. Syracuse, 10; Penn State, 0. New York u, 80; Rutgers, o. Springfield, “a; New Hampshire, If. Saniscius, 8; st. Bonaventure; 0. Carnegie Tech, IA; Pittsburgh, o. Penn Military college, ls;, st. Josephs, 6. Buffalo, 0; Alfred, 6. Georgia Tech, 10; Washington and Lee, ~ ~ Kansas, 3 Nebraska, 20. Temple university, 10; sclfnylkill college, 0. Susquehanna university, IA; Juniata college, 4 0. Gettysburg college, o.; Bue1snell uni versity, 0. western Maryland, IA; Holy Cross 2. Oklahoma, 70; Kansas AgglesA1 Is. Bethany, 70; Bethel, 0. Niagara university, %; Depaul uni versity, 6. Ripon, O; Lawrence, 0. Marquette, As; st. Marys, 0. Ohio Wesleyan, II; Ohio Northern ! American university, “a; Shenan | doah college, 0. Vanderbilt, IA Georgia, 1s. Birmingham Southern, Z; Chatia nooga, (tie). Kentucky, IS; Florida, 49,. Y ; University of Detrois, 2: John car roll, (tie). Louisiana State university, 6; Mississppi A. and NJ, z. Auburn, 2; Tulane, 0. @ ! Mercer, 3; Howard, 0. / Texas A. and NJ, Z; Southern Meth Udist university, o. l Iowa state, 3; Missouri, Z,

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 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Penn State leads 43–⁠23–⁠5 in 71 meetings, counting the 66 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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