Penn State at Pennsylvania

Saturday, November 6, 1926

Pennsylvania beat Penn State 3–⁠0. It was their 28th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 20–⁠6–⁠2.

AwayPenn State5–⁠4 in 1926
0
HomePennsylvania7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1926
3

FinalHigh 56°F, low 39°FAttendance 55,000

In the newspapers

  • The Douglas daily dispatch's story: PENNSYLVANIA BEATS PENN STATE, 3 TO 0

    Douglas daily dispatch, Arizona, November 7, 1926, page 6

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    PENNSYLVANIA BEATS PENN STATE, 3 TO 0 PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 6--R)-A drop kick from the 40 yard lipe in the first period by Paul Scull’ gave, a victory to Pennsylvania over Penn State college today, 3 to o. 1t was perfect boot and the $4,000 persons in the stands of Franklin field cheered the play. State college, with fighting team that lacked offensive drive, carried the ball within one yard of a touchdown in the second period, only to have Pennsylvania put up one of its old time STANDS and take the ball on downs. State resorted frequently to for wards but did not meet with much success. Pennsylvania stuck to a straight running attack most of the time. In the first downs Pennsylvania had II to States s.. The Quakers’ hidden ball plays functoned spasmodically.

  • The Evening star's story: PENN BEATS PENN STATE ON A 4O-YARD DROPKICK

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 7, 1926, page 83

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    PENN BEATS PENN STATE ON A 4O-YARD DROPKICK DLADEIPIA November from the 4O-yard line in – the period by Paul | Pennsy yvania State College today 3to O. 1t in tho sof Franklin Field checred the play State College with fighting that lacked d the ball within yard of touchdown in the

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 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 25–⁠18–⁠4 in 47 meetings, counting the 19 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

Around this game

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