Penn State at Lehigh

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  Evening star, October 18, 1936, page 28 (results column)

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  TIME foot ball lightning finally struck the favorites today and wiped two proud East u ern arrays, Pitt and Prince ton, off the undefeated list. Pitts Panthers, hailed as out standing contenders for the ma tional championship after knock ing or Ohio State a week ago, bowed to Duquesne’s rugged defensive outfit, TO, and thus sur rendered to an Eastern foe for the first time since 1928. Princeton, unbeaten Q year ago when the Tigers were generally recognized as Eastern titleholders. bowed to Penn’s fighting Quakers, TO, as Lew Elverson dashed 81 yards to the only touchdown Of the game. There were other surprises, such as Lehigh’s 7–⁠6 conquest of Penn state, Baylor’s three-touchdown, fourth-period splurge that sank highly favored Texas, 2l-18, and Tennessee’s feat in holding Ala bama to o scoreless tie, but the defeat of the Panther and the Tiger were the big jolts. Otherwise the Eastern program

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Penn State leads 16–⁠6–⁠1 in 23 meetings, counting the six since this game.