Penn State at Pennsylvania

Saturday, November 9, 1929

Penn State beat Pennsylvania 19–⁠7. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 21–⁠8–⁠2.

AwayPenn State6–⁠3 in 1929
19
HomePennsylvania7–⁠2 in 1929
7

FinalHigh 50°F, low 44°FAttendance 60,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current's story: Jock Sutherland's Crew Should Be Indicated at End Of Hard Campaign TARTANs, PENN STATE LEFT Eastern Team, Led by Gibby WEIGH, Lost to Stanford 7 to s III 1927

    The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, November 13, 1929, page 1

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    Jock Sutherland’s Crew Should Be Indicated at End Of Hard Campaign TARTANs, PENN STATE LEFT Eastern Team, Led by Gibby WEIGH, Lost to Stanford 7 to s III 1927 Pittsburgh. Pa. Nov. l3.-If the Pitt Panther Is victorious III its remaining games against Carnegie Tech and Penn State, and a splendid record indicates the prowling cat will be. Jock Suthcrlalld’s boys are looked upon as having all v chance to make the long trek across the continent for their second Tournament of Roses football game in three seasons at Pasadena. Undefeated in its first six starts and with a total Of 2O2 points scored against % by the opposition. the Panther aggregation truly would ably represent the east III this annual itersectional battle New Years Day in southern California. Thousands Of loyal Pittsburghers and Panther fans question superiority of Notre Dame over Pitt. A game alone could settle that dispute. !: In a certain respect the Panthers and the Ramblers arc alike, in that both meet their opposition with a machine like precision that is seldom matched on the gridiron. Both elcvenS boast stars of the first water. but in the general play the individual Is 0vershadowed by the marked smoOthneSs of the attack and defense as a unit. DR.. j. b. Sutherland, lie of the den tai profession Familiarity known as Jock” has q team powerful in its running and aerial attack and we’ll nigh imprcgnable on the defense. as the combined score of the opponents show. The team is made up of more than II players. The silent Doc hasa wealth of man-pOwer. Ray Montgomery in the Panther forward wall has been termed the perfect guard” by Coach Sutherland. Poker faced Joe Donclicss at end docs his work so smoothly that Inc

  • The Evening star's story: PENN STATE SCORES OVER PENN, 10 TO 7

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 10, 1929, page 74

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    PENN STATE SCORES OVER PENN, 10 TO 7 BY the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, November Elm the hardest fought foot ball game seen on Franklin Field this year the Nittany Lions Of Pennsylvania State College today defeated the University of PENN Sylvania, 10 to Z. Both teams resorted to the aerial at tack, with Penn State doing most of the effective execution. Forward passes paved the way for two of States touch downs, and an intercepted pass gave the Upstate team its third touchdown after a 72-yard run by Cooper French. Pennsylvania lone touchdown was also made on forward pass, followed by 12-yard sprint. Bitterness was shown at times by in dividual members of both teams, and State College was penalized no fewer than four times for roughnesS. Tonight Warren Cette of Philips burg, Pa, is in the University Hospital with what the team physician said he believed to be either a broken or dislo- Gated vertabrae. An X-ray examinaton was to be made. Gette relieved Walter Opekun in the Pennsylvania backfield and was injured in the final period. Ralph Carlsten, also a Penn back field man, pulled muscles in his left leg and may be out of the game for some time.

  • The Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current's story: PENN STATE III WIN OVER UNIVERSITY

    Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, November 10, 1929, page 1

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    PENN STATE III WIN OVER UNIVERSITY PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 9.-tPn the hardest fought football game fl Franklin Field this year the Lions OF Pennsylvania State College today defeated the University OF PENNSYLVANIA. 10 10

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 70% to win. Penn State pulled the upset.

Pennsylvania leads 25–⁠18–⁠4 in 47 meetings, counting the 16 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

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