Penn State at Harvard

Saturday, October 15, 1932

Harvard beat Penn State 46–⁠13. It was their fifth meeting; Harvard leads the series 3–⁠0–⁠2.

AwayPenn State2–⁠5 in 1932
13
HomeHarvard5–⁠3 in 1932
46

FinalAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: CRIMSON CRUSHES PENN STATE, 46-13 Nittany Lions Air Attack Makes Game Closer Than Score Indicates.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 16, 1932, page 62

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    CRIMSON CRUSHES PENN STATE, 46–⁠13 Nittany Lions Air Attack Makes Game Closer Than Score Indicates. ~AMBRIDGE, Mass, October Is. ALI but one of the gears in \ Harvards powerful foot ball machine meShed perfectly today as it wore down the hard-fghting Nittany Lions from Benn State for a wide-open 1918 victory. The game was much closer than that top-heavy score indicated. for the Lions consistently threatened with their brilliant overhead attack. Many times dur ing the early stages the Crimson was caught fiat-tooted while Capt. George Collins and Bill Lohr, the Lions crack passing duo, were in action. and this pair capitalized Harvard’s only weak ness for a tctal overhead gain Of 107 yards. a large share OF which paved lhe way for Penn States two touch downs The Crimson’s powerful interference enabled its running attack to make 397 yards. and 81 more were gained through the air for a total CT % first downs. Penn States running game clicked for 125 yards. and the passing gain boosted its frst-doWn total to IL.

  • The The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current's story: Football Results NORTHWEST

    The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, October 17, 1932, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Results NORTHWEST OOuCE OdkOCa 0Late 20, MORNING side 6. North Dakota U. 80: Howard 0. U. of Cincinnati z; South Dakota 0 Moorhead State Teachers IA Winona Teachers Is. Concordia 7; Manchester T. Moorhead high reserves 6: Moor. head State Teachers high 0. Carleton 20; Lawrence O. Bemidji Teachers s; st. Cloue Teachers O. Duluth State Teachers IL; Virgins Junior college 6. st. Johns IA: Hamline O. Eveleth Junior q: Hibbing Junior s st. Olaf 26; Augsburg o.. Morris Aggies 81; Wahpeton In dams O. Glendale Teachers II: Dickinson s Wahpeton Science O.; Jamestown college O. BIG TEN Indiana IL; Iowa o. Northwestern 26; Illinois 0. Chicago 20; Knox 0. Purdue Z; Wisconsin s. Minnesota 7; Nebraska 6. Michigan IA: Ohio State 0. MIDWEST Luther 10; Iowa State Teachers o. James Millikin 13; Butler Z. Wabash 10; Evansville 0. Grinnell O.; Coe 0. Heidelberg II; Toledo 0. Ohio Northern 9; Otterbein 0. Kansas State Is; Missouri O. Baldwin Wallace 81; Kent State o. Notre Dame g.: Drake O. DePaul 10; Ripon O. White Water Teachers Is; Column bia 6. Marietta II: Hiram O. Case IA; John Carroll 7. Kenyon Z; Capitol o. Miami q; Denison 7. AuguStana Z; Yankton 6. Northern Normal 13; Huron COL lege O. Akron o: Wooster O. Carroll Z; Beloit O. Defiance 8; Wilmington 0. Spearfish Normal ST.; Billings Poly. Michigan State q; Illinois Wesley an O. Kansas 26; Iowa State 0. Franklin 10; Earlham IL. EAST Wesleyan 6; Haverford O. Pittsburgh ID: Army Is. Tufts o; Bowdoin 0. Duke “a; Maryland 0. v. p. I. Z; william and Mary O. Harvard 46; Penn State 13. Amherst 10; Hamilton o. Cornell o; Princeton o. City College, N. Y, 10: Renssaler 0. Holy Cross 8: Detroit Z. Penn IA: Dartmouth 7. Colgate IS: Lafayette 0. Brown Z; Yale 2. Fordham 50; Lebanon Valley o. st. Thomas Z; Manhattan 0. Baltimore Z; Canisius 6. Columbus %: Virginia s. N. Y. U. 80; Georgetown 0. Southern Methodist l6: Syracuse s. Rochester, N. Y, 2: Oberlin 0. Gettysburg IA; Swarthmore 0. Catholic 10; Chattanooga 0. John Hopkins IL: Lehigh 0. Union 46; Hobart 6. Trinity 48; New York Aggies 0. Ursinus Is: F. g. M. 6. Colgate %; Cook 0. w g. J 6; Carnegie Tech 6. Muhlenberg 10; Dickinson O. Providence rs; Boston u. 6. Middlebury 18; Williams Z. Lowell Textile Is; Brooklyn o. Bates 6: Rhode Island State 0. Rutgers 80: Delaware 0. Clarkson Al; Buffalo 0. Massachusetts, State 80; Connect cut Aggies 0. SOUTH Texas Christian U. II; Texas A, & M. 6. Rice Institute IA, Loyola New Or leanS) Z. Vanderbilt s: Tulane 6. Arkansas 20: Baylor 6. Davidson IL; v. M. I. o. Furman 10: Davis & Elkins O. NIL V1N.s

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)

Harvard 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Harvard leads 3–⁠0–⁠2 in five meetings.

Recent meetings
1932Harvard 46, Penn State 13
1921Penn State 21, Harvard 21
1915Harvard 13, Penn State 0
1914Penn State 13, Harvard 13
1913Harvard 29, Penn State 0

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