Penn State at Pennsylvania
Saturday, October 1, 1898 Share
Pennsylvania beat Penn State 40–0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 7–0.
Final
In the newspapers

The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., October 2, 1898, page 8
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FOOTBALL SCORES. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Oct Harvard defeated Williams this afternoon by only II points. AS it is the first football game of the season, the score is very unsatisfactory, and the eleven will have to improve considerably to get into varsity form. Harvard’s great weakness was in the line at the three CEN tral places and at right end. PHILAD ELPHIA, Oct. 1.-The University OF pennsylvania football eleven defeated State college this afternoon on Franklin field by the score of 40 to 0. The red and blue scored “a points by dashing play in the first half OF twenty-five minutes and then took matters easy. Aside from some exasperattng fupbles their work really brilliant PRINCETON, n. j., Oct. 1.-The Princeton Tigers played their first game of the season today against Lehigh university and won by score of q to 0. Princeton made three touch-downs, two goals and two safeties and Lehigh did not once get within forty yards Of Princeton’s goal. WEST POINT. N. Y, Oct 1.-West Point. 40; Tufts College, 0. NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Oct. 1.-The Yale wesleyan football game at Yale field this afternoon resulted in victory for Yale by the score Of to 0. Yales single touchdown was made by Marvin in the first half. GALESBURG, ILL.,, Oct. Football: Knox college. o; Iowa State university, 0; two 20 ITHACA, N. Y, Oct. 1.-Cornell, At: Trim itys 0. At Carlisle-Carlisle Indians A, susouehanna~0. - At swarthmore- Swarthmore %, Delaware College D. At Bloomsbury College 3. Bloomsbury o.

The Worcester spy, Worcester, Mass., October 2, 1898, page 9
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PENN PLAYED BRILL1ANrLY. Philadelphia, Oct. 1.-The University of Pennsylvania foot ball eleven defeated the State College team today, by the score of 40 to 0. The red and blue scored ing game, which, aside from fumbles was really brilliant. State was unable to adj vance the ball into Pennsylvania terri tory except when the red and blue would tumble or were penalized for off-side

Richmond dispatch, Richmond, Va., October 2, 1898, page 11 (results column)
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Eoof-BaIIin brief. WASHINGTON, OCTOBER L.-ro-oays football results Yale, 8; Wesleyan, o. Princeton. n; Lehigh, o. Cornell, Al; Trinity, 0. west Point Cadets. 40; Tufts College, O.. University OF Pennsylvania, 40; State College. 0. Harvard, II; williams 0.
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)
Pennsylvania 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Penn State–Pennsylvania gamePennsylvania leads 25–18–4 in 47 meetings, counting the 40 since this game.
Around this game
Penn State
- Next gameat LafayetteOct. 8, 1898
- SeasonPenn State in 1898
- ProgramPenn State history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gamevs. MansfieldOct. 5, 1898
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1898
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records

