Penn State at Syracuse

Saturday, October 24, 1931

Syracuse beat Penn State 7–⁠0. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 5–⁠2–⁠3.

AwayPenn State2–⁠8 in 1931
0
HomeSyracuse7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1931
7

FinalHigh 78°F, low 53°F, 0.16 in. of rainAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Lineup and Summary. SYRACUSE WINS AT LAST Waits Five Years for TO Victory Over Penn State.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 25, 1931, page 1

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    Lineup and Summary. SYRACUSE WINS AT LAST Waits Five Years for TO Victory Over Penn State. SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, SYRIA CUSE, N. X. october – OF).-Syracuse University achieved q flve-year ambiton today by beating Penn States foot ball hopefuls, TO, but the Nittany Lions offered surprisingly rugged resistance all the way. The only score came In the first period, IS the elimination Of Q steady march down the field. Moran, SYRIA cuse halfback, who had done most of the ball carrying, went over for the touchdown on line buck Ellert, right end added the extra point. Syracuse threatened several times after that, but never again could summon up the strength to push the bali over

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 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Penn State leads 43–⁠23–⁠5 in 71 meetings, counting the 61 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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