Penn State at Cornell

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 23, 1938, page 27

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  PENN STATE BOWS TO CORNELL DRIVE Big Red Team Runs to 21.6 Win-Nittany Lions Pass to Late Score. ITHACA. N Y, Oct 22-Cornell’ S powerful running attack netted three touchdowns today as the Big Red overpowered Penn State. 2l-6. before 1000 on Schoellkopf Field today. Vince Eichler, fullback. scored twice from the 7-yard line. and Whit Baker cracked through from the 1-yard stripe to climax drives of 49, 80 and l8 yards. Bob Rose place-kicked all three points. Penn State struck back in the last minute of play via the air lanes to score on a 46-yard pass, Charley Peters to Harry Harrison, to end States one sustained offensive “a drive from its 20-yard marker after the Lions had halted Cornell’s last scoring threat by intercepting a for ward pass in the end zone Joe Metros attempted place kick went wide Cornell outrushed the Lions 213 yards to 70 in picking up IA first downs to States 6. Eichler and Ken Brown. the fullbacks, eacn contributed IS yards.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 24, 1938, page 5 (results column)

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  FOOT BALL @ ll{5SW& IFS Ma The following are final scores of principal football games played in various parts of the nation last Saturday afternoon: Washington State 6; Oregon State T. Idaho 0; U.CL.A. 33. use. 13; Stanford 2. Arkansas 6; Santa Clara 21. Oklahoma A. & M T; Tulsa U. 20. Washington ‘; California IA Carnegie Tech 0; Notre Dame ‘. Syracuse 12; Michigan State 19. Tufts G. Williams 6, tie. Wayne of Michigan 2; Ohio 52. w. Va. Wesleyan O; Catholic U. 21. Kentucky ‘; Xavier 26. Virginia Tech 0; Washington and Lee 6. Penn State 6; Cornell 21. Texas Christian 21; Marquette 0. Colgate IA; Iowa 0. Virginia Military Institute IA; William Mary 0. Georgetown IA; Manhattan 13. Auburn 6; Georgia Tech ‘. Mercer o; Tulane 51. Kansas T; Iowa State 21. Miami 6; Drake Is. Wisconsin ‘; Purdue 13. Kansas State 13; Indiana 6. Duke 2; Wake Forest 0. Dartmouth 13; Harvard T. So. Methodist T. Pittsburgh 34. Princeton 13; Navy 13, tie. Georgia G. Holy Cross %. Columbia 13; Pennsylvania IA. Chicago T; Ohio State 42. Boston U. o; Army 40. New York U 6; Lafayette T. n Yale 13; Michigan IS. Temple 26; Boston College 26, tie Mississippi State 12; Duquesne 2 Arizona IA; Loyola 12. Willamette 41; College of Idaho o Fordham 26; Oregon 0. Alabama 32; Sewanee o. Centre 26, Presbyterian College z Tennessee 4; Citadel o. Texas A. and M. 6; Baylor 6, tie West Virginia 20; Creighton 13. Oklahoma IA; Nebraska 0. Montana 0; North Dakota T. Missouri 13; Washington of St. Louis o. : Texas 6; Rice 13.

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Cornell leads 7–⁠4–⁠2 in 13 meetings, counting the three since this game.