Maryland at Penn State
Saturday, October 1, 1938 Share
Penn State beat Maryland 33–0. It was their third meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 61°F, low 40°FAttendance 9,846
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 2, 1938, page 1 (results column)
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Cubs Win Pennant: Two Grid Upsets Winding up with a 17-hit bar rage in the second game Of a double-header with the st. Louis Cardinals, the amazing Chicago Cubs temporarily showed football into the background yesterday as they clinched the National League pennant by splitting even as the Pittsburgh Pirates dropped a 9-to-6 decision to the Cincinnati Reds and eliminated themselves from one Of the hottest flag chases in years. Only two gridiron upsets were recorded as the football campaign swung into its warmest week end. Oklahoma of the Big Six Confer ence surprised the highly touted Rice eleven, 7 to 6. and a light but experienced Brown eleven smashed Harvard, 20 to 13. Minnesota’s burly Gophers and Pittsburgh’s vaunted Panthers strengthened their claims to ma tional recognition by handy VIC tories, Minnesota beating Nebraska, 16 to 7. and Pitt whipping Temple, % to 6. Georgetown was the only local college team to win, routing Hampden-Sydney, 81 to 0. Maryland was soundly beaten by Penn State, 33 to 0. (Full details in sports section.)
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)
Penn State 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Maryland–Penn State gamePenn State leads 44–3–1 in 48 meetings, counting the 45 since this game.
| 2024 | Penn State 44, Maryland 7 | |
| 2023 | Penn State 51, Maryland 15 | |
| 2022 | Penn State 30, Maryland 0 | |
| 2021 | Penn State 31, Maryland 14 | |
| 2020 | Maryland 35, Penn State 19 | |
| 2019 | Penn State 59, Maryland 0 |
Around this game
Maryland
- Next gameat SyracuseOct. 8, 1938
- SeasonMaryland in 1938
- ProgramMaryland history and records
Penn State
- Next gamevs. BucknellOct. 8, 1938
- SeasonPenn State in 1938
- ProgramPenn State history and records

