Villanova at Penn State

Saturday, November 9, 1935

Penn State beat Villanova 27–⁠13. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 5–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayVillanova7–⁠2 in 1935
13
HomePenn State4–⁠4 in 1935
27

FinalHigh 56°F, low 29°FAttendance 8,150

In the newspapers

  • The 's story: PONIES GET TOUGH TEST Wedding Out Process Will Take Some Of Them Out Of Race

    , November 11, 1935 (results column)

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    PONIES GET TOUGH TEST Wedding Out Process Will Take Some Of Them Out Of Race - 4OANAAf AN9Ns IL VI - 40QN~ balls embattled legions declared a temporary armistice Monday before plunging into the final stages Of an unpredictable campaign. The list Of major undefeated and united teams had dwindled to ten Princeton, Dartmouth. Syracuse, and NewNYork University in the east. Minnesota and Marquette in the middle west. North Carolina in the south. Southern Methodist and Texas Christian in the southwest. and California in the far west. Four OF these teams will be brought together in regular games. Princeton against Dartmouth on Nov. % and Southern Methodist against Texas Christian on Nov. 80. Only an optimist would predict that the other six would wind up with perfect records. BY sections. prospects for the next big engagement look like this: East Princeton. whose Tigers rolled over Harvard $50, looks safe enough this week In a “breather” with Lehigh. and New York Uni versity should have no particular trouble with Rutgers. Dartmouth. victor over William g. Mary $40, takes on Cornell. Syracuse, after scoring over Columbia. 14–⁠2. meets its deadly rival, Colgate, with the result in doubt. Army. routed 1916 by Pitts three-touchdoWn splurge. sees no. thing but trouble ahead in the an nual duel with Notre Dame. despite the Ramblers’ reverse by Northwestern. Pitt will meet Ne braska’s Cornhuskers. while Temple seeks TO stop unbeaten Marquette. conqueror of Michigan State 1871. Navy. which halted Penn 1870, meets Columbia next, while Penn tries to turn back Penn State, which bowled over Villanova 27–⁠13 Saturday. West Virginia and Duquesne. Manhattan and George town, Yale and Lafayette. are the ether leading p~airings. Middlewest Big Ten: Ohio State and Mime sofa lead with three victories and no defeats. but both had to come NCm behind TO emerge victorious Saturday. The Buckeyes spotted Chicago q 1870 lead. then rushed over three %touchdowns to win 20 i3. Minnesota trailed Iowa 60 for a while but won 1876. Mime sofa tackles Michigan, beaten 80 by Illinois, while Ohio State plays Illinois and seeks revenge for the 1913 reverse OF a year ago. Purdue. upset by Wisconsin 80, plays Iowa: Northwestern meets Wisconsin, and Chicago battles Indiana in other conference engagements. Big six: Nebraska won the title last week BY downing Kansas 1913. and will spend the rest Of the season In i-ntersectional competition. Kansas State ana Oklahoma, locked III a percentage tie for third place clash this week in the only conference game. Missouri, beaten by Oklahoma 20–⁠6. meets Washing ton University Of St. Louis, while Iowa State. nosed out by Kansas State 60. plays Drake Of the Missouri Valley conference. Far West Pacific Coast Conference: Cali fornia’S 14–⁠0 conquest OF Washing

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)

Villanova 59% to win. Penn State won as Elo’s underdog.

Penn State leads 7–⁠3–⁠1 in 11 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Penn State 52, Villanova 6
2021Penn State 38, Villanova 17
1951Villanova 20, Penn State 14
1949Villanova 27, Penn State 6
1936Villanova 13, Penn State 0
1935Penn State 27, Villanova 13

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