Penn State at Temple

Saturday, November 12, 1932

Temple beat Penn State 13–⁠12. It was their second meeting; after it, Temple led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayPenn State2–⁠5 in 1932
12
HomeTemple5–⁠1–⁠2 in 1932
13

FinalHigh 47°F, low 37°FAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: TEMPLE GIVEN SCARE Beats Penn State, 1919, to Keep Victory String Intact.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 13, 1932, page 56

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    TEMPLE GIVEN SCARE Beats Penn State, 1919, to Keep Victory String Intact. PHILADELPHIA, November II Up. S-Stif opposition from a totally unexpected quarter almost overthrew Temple foot ball team today as it barely managed to remain in the undefeated column by eking out q 13-to-12 victory over Penn States roaring Nfttany Lions. Battered from gridiron to gridiron all season. the Lions unsheathed their claws and barred their teeth today. ripped out two touchd0wns, and held the vaunted Temple attack for much of the contest. A bewlldering forward passing Of fense, unloosed for the first time IN the current campaign, rushed Temple back time and again, and scored States two touchdowns, and only the failure of the Lions TO register either Of their points after touchdown kept them from victory or at least q deadlock.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BALL. RESUETSl&

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 14, 1932, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL. RESUETSl& The following are scores of principal football games played last Saturday afternoon: University of Washington O.; Washington State O. Oregon 0; Southern California 33. Idaho 6; California 21. California Aggies 0; Stanford 59. Oregon State 35; Montana G. Chicago 0; Michigan 12. Yale T; Princeton ‘. New York University 0; Fordham T. North Dakota State 0; Army 52. Maryland ‘; Navy 28. Dartmouth 6; Cornell 21. Brown 2; Columbia 6. Colgate 16; Syracuse 0. Holy Cross o; Harvard 2. Alabama 0; Georgie Tech 6. Minnesota 13; Wisconsin 20. Pittsburgh O; Nebraska 0. Northwestern o; Notre Dame 2l. Furuue 1o, iowa U. Penn 0; Ohio State 19. UrSinus 20; Swarthmore o. Penn State 12; Temple 13. Washington University at St. Louis 0; Drake 6. Kansas T; Missouri o. Pacific College 6; Willamette g. Tulane 6; Kentucky 3. Indiana 6; Illinois IS. Denver University O; Utah 27. Arkansas T; Southern Methodist 13. Colorado 0; Colorado College 12. Tennessee 0; Vanderbilt O. SUNDAY GAME Santa Clara T; San Francisco o.

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)

Temple 83% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Penn State leads 41–⁠4–⁠1 in 46 meetings, counting the 44 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Penn State 27, Temple 9
2016Penn State 34, Temple 27
2015Temple 27, Penn State 10
2014Penn State 30, Temple 13
2012Penn State 24, Temple 13
2011Penn State 14, Temple 10

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