Syracuse at Penn State

Friday, October 26, 1928

Syracuse and Penn State tied 6–⁠6. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 4–⁠1–⁠2.

AwaySyracuse4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1928
6
HomePenn State3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1928
6

FinalHigh 39°F, low 35°FAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: EAST'S ONLY FOES UNBEATEN, UNITED OF Other Six Teams With Clean States Only Villa nova Has Tough Game.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 29, 1928, page 27 (results column)

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    EAST’S ONLY FOES UNBEATEN, UNITED OF Other Six Teams With Clean States Only Villa nova Has Tough Game. n r EW YORK, october 29.-There’ a double quartet of Eastern VI college foot ball teams whicl 4 still can sing lusty songs o gridiron triumph undimmet by defeat or tie. These eight are survivors of Is team: which took perfect records with then when they set foot on the foot bal field last Saturday afternoon. Sever neglected to keep their records unfair nished, among them such Stalwart aggregationS as Yale, Dartmouth, Penn sylvania and Cornell. Georgetown, victor in five straight battles and leading the whole country in scoring with 240 points, clashes with New York University, second in East ern point scoring, in the East’s only battle of undefeated and united teams next Saturday. One or the other, and perhaps both, will undergo the pain full operation of having national title aspirations cut away. Face Easier Opposition. Aside from Villanova, all other mem berS of the octet seem certain to continue their winning StreakS. Villanova Army, Temple, Boston College and Haverford face easier opposition. Car negie Tech has made certain of renaming in the perfect class by Scheduling an open date for next Saturday. Army, conqueror of Yale in thrilling battle, meets an interSectional foe in Depauw. Boston College faces Man haitian, Haverford battles Franklin and Marshall, and Temple takes on Schuylkill. Victorious over Cornell by the mar ~rfvn 1f ioly Trir to meet undefeated Ohio State at Co lumbus. Notre Dame, not so potent an array as Knute Rockne is accuStoned to come East, on the other hand, to meet Penn State which Battled Syracuse to a 6–⁠6 tie last week Col gate, trounced by N. Y. u, entertains Wabash at Hamilton in the fourth in tersectional clash involving Eastern teams. Penn, victim of Navy attack, tackles Chicago in the Midwest. Yale Dartmouth to Draw. Although both have been beaten, Yale and Dartmouth will attract the banner crowd of the day at New Haven. Dartmouth’S surprising defeat by Harward probably will send the Indians into the Yale bowl in an under-dog role. Harvard takes a breather after the grueling Army and Dartmouth games and meets Lehigh. SyracuSe’s warriors, who have been doing a lot of travelling this season, face a comparatively docile Panther at Pittsburgh and Lafayette does not expect to find Washington and Jefferson as tough as usual. West Virginia, which conquered Lafayette, and Fordham, deciSlve victor over w. and j., rest this Saturday in preparation for their electon day battle, November 6. On the basis of its showing at Phil adelphia, Navy will be heavy favorite over West Virginia Wesleyan, but Cor nell and Columbia expect nothing but an evenly-matched battle. Brown. which ended Tufts long winning streak In a sensational game over the week end, takes on Holy Cross.

  • The New Britain herald's story

    New Britain herald, Connecticut, October 29, 1928, page 11 (results column)

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    foot on the football field last Sat. urday afternoon. Seven failed to keep their records untarnished, among them such stalwart aggrega- tions as Yale. Dartmouth. Pennsyl- vania and Cornell. Georgetown, victor in five straight battles and leading the whole coun. try in scoring with 2t0 points. clashes with New York university. second in eastern point scoring. in the casts only battle of undsfeatsd and untisd teams nsxt Saturday. Aside from Villanova, all othsg members of the ectet seem certain to continue their winning streaks. Villanova takes on . tough fee In Bucknell but Army. Temple. Boston College and Haverferd face easier opposition. Carnegie Tech has made certain of remaining in the perfect class by scheduling an open date for next Saturday. Army. conqueror of Yale in q thrilling battle. meets an intenec. tional foe in Depauw. Boston Coi- leGe faces Manhattan: HAverford battles Franklin and Marshall. and Temple takes on Schuylkill. Princ(ton goes west to meet un- defeated Ohio State at Columbus. N0tre Dame comes east. to meet Penn State which battled Syracuse to a 6–⁠6 tie last week. Colgate on. tertains Wabash at Hamilton in the fourth intersectional clash involving eastern teams. Penn. victim of | Navy attack, tackles Chicago in the midwest. Yale and Dartmouth will meet at New Haven. and Harvard takes on Lehigh. Syracuse faces comparatively docile Panther at Pittsburgh and Lafayette does not expect to find Washington and Jefferson aA tough as usual. West Virginia which con- quered Lafayette. and Fordham. decisive victor over w. and J. rest next Saturday in preparation for their election day battle Nov. 6. On the basis of its showing at Philadelphia. Navy will be . heavy favorite over West Virginia Wesley an but Cornell and Columbia expect nothing but an evenly matched bat. tie. Brown. which ended Tufts lons winning streak in sensational game over the weekend, takes on Holy Cross.

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 50% to win.

Penn State leads 43–⁠23–⁠5 in 71 meetings, counting the 64 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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