Penn State at Pennsylvania

Saturday, November 12, 1938

Penn State and Pennsylvania tied 7–⁠7. It was their 37th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 24–⁠9–⁠4.

AwayPenn State3–⁠4–⁠1 in 1938
7
HomePennsylvania3–⁠2–⁠3 in 1938
7

FinalHigh 67°F, low 47°FAttendance 50,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Penn, Penn State tumble To7-7 Deadlock

    Evening star, November 13, 1938, page 23

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    Penn, Penn State tumble To7–⁠7 Deadlock PHILADELPHIA, Nov. II. Penn State and Penn each turned an enemy tumble into . touchdown TOday to battle to q TT tie before 10, 900 at Franklin Field in the 37th renewal Of one Of Pennsylvania oldest football rivalries. Lloyd Rainwater Of Penn plungeti to q first down on the Z Is the third period ended and dove over from the 1-yard line on the third play Of the last quarter. Shinn booted the extra point from placement. A few minutes later Lloyd Ickes punted from midfield to Johnny butcher deep in Penn’s territory. butcher muffed the ball and Peters recovered for State on the Penn /. On the first play ,1ckes, plunged OF tackle for . touchdown.

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 60% to win.

Pennsylvania leads 25–⁠18–⁠4 in 47 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
1958Penn State 43, Pennsylvania 0
1957Penn State 19, Pennsylvania 14
1956Penn State 34, Pennsylvania 0
1955Penn State 20, Pennsylvania 0
1954Penn State 35, Pennsylvania 13
1953Pennsylvania 13, Penn State 7

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