Penn State at Syracuse
Saturday, October 24, 1931 Share
Syracuse beat Penn State 7–0. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 5–2–3.
FinalHigh 78°F, low 53°F, 0.16 in. of rainAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Penn State–Syracuse gamePenn State leads 43–23–5 in 71 meetings, counting the 61 since this game.
| 2013 | Penn State 23, Syracuse 17 | |
| 2009 | Penn State 28, Syracuse 7 | |
| 2008 | Penn State 55, Syracuse 13 | |
| 1990 | Penn State 27, Syracuse 21 | |
| 1989 | Penn State 34, Syracuse 12 | |
| 1988 | Syracuse 24, Penn State 10 |
Around this game
Penn State
- Next gamevs. PittsburghOct. 31, 1931
- SeasonPenn State in 1931
- ProgramPenn State history and records
Syracuse
- Next gameat Michigan StateOct. 31, 1931
- SeasonSyracuse in 1931
- ProgramSyracuse history and records

