Penn State at Pennsylvania
Saturday, November 14, 1936 Share
No. 11 Pennsylvania beat Penn State 19–12. It was their 35th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 24–8–3.
FinalHigh 59°F, low 37°FAttendance 40,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 15, 1936, page 34
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Penn Pressed IN 1912 Victory Oper Gallant Penn State Team With Penn leading 13 to 6, Harry Harrison took Penn’s succeeding kick of on his own 6-yard stripe and raced through the entire Penn team “a yards for States second and final score. Silvano’s kick for the extra point was blocked. In the third period Murray broke off tackle and ran % yards for a Penn touchdown. State spent its final effort in a combination forward-lateral-pass play that gave it a first down on the Penn 4-yard line at the start of the last period, but Penn held. State registered nine first downs to four for Penn.

The Daily Alaska empire, November 16, 1936, page 5 (results column)
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FOOT BALL 4s1REsULTs The following are final scores of principal football games played last Saturday afternoon: Washington State 31; UCLA T. Southern California 0; Washing ton 12. Oregon O; California 28. Stanford 20; Oregon State IA. Idaho 0; Montana 16. Tennessee 26; Vanderbilt 13. Brigham Young T; Denver Uni versity 35 Colorado University 13; Utah Ag gies A. Arkansas IT; Southern Methodist 0. Notre Dame 20; Army 6. Northern g; Michigan 0. Holy Cross 32; Brown 0. Georgetown 0; Manhattan 13. Syracuse O; Columbia IT, Villanova o; Temple 6. Penn State 12; Penn 19 Duquesne 13; Carnegie Tech 0. Indiana 20; Chicago T. Navy 20; Harvard 13. Duke 27 North Carolina ‘. North Carolina State 6; Catholic University ‘. Yale 26 Princeton g. Dartmouth 20; Cornell 6. Rutgers o; New York University 46. Purdue IS; Iowa O. Cincinnati 6; Wisconsin IT. Iowa State T. Kansas State AT. Texas 19; Minnesota AT. Michigan State Al; Kansas O. Ohio State 13; Illinois 0. Pittsburgh 19; Nebraska 6. Tulsa 21; Drake 6. Missouri 21; Oklahoma IA Mississippi 0; Marquette 33. Alabama 20; Georgia Tech Is. Georgie l2. Tulane G. Louisiana State i9; Auburn 6. SUNDAY GAMES Santa Clara 19, St. Mary’s o. GonZaga IA; Portland University 13.
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 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Penn State–Pennsylvania gamePennsylvania leads 25–18–4 in 47 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.
Around this game
Penn State
- Next gamevs. BucknellNov. 21, 1936
- SeasonPenn State in 1936
- ProgramPenn State history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gamevs. CornellNov. 26, 1936
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1936
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records

