Penn State at Syracuse
Saturday, October 28, 1939 Share
Penn State and Syracuse tied 6–6. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 10–4–4.
FinalHigh 65°F, low 40°F, 0.18 in. of rainAttendance 16,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 29, 1939, page 31 (results column)
Read the text
inSon in the starring role, easily whipped Harvard, 1910; Prince ton ran over Brown. 26A12; Holy Cross buried Colgate, 27–7, and Georgetown protected its unbeaten record with a TO decision over George Washington. Syracuse and Penn State played to 6–6 draw as Army and Boston College scored over minor rivals. Lafayette finally found Its scoring punch and buried Gettysburg, 400. Rutgers took the first game of the Middle Three series from Lehigh, 20–6, and Wesleyan stopped Amherst. 1914, in the opening game of the Little Three” championship. In the South, Louisiana State, Georgia Tech and Alabama all scored Southeastern Conference victories. Louisiana defeated Vanderbilt, 1875; Georgia Tech came from behind to top Auburn, 7–6, and Alabama held on to defeat Mississippi State, 10. Florida whipped Maryland of the Southern Conference, 14–0, while powerful Tennessee’s 18th consecutive victory was a routine ITO conquest Of Mercer. Dukes Blue Devils barely made the Southern Conference grade against little Wake Forest, win ming 60 on Yves McAfee’s second-period touchdown. WASH ington and Lee bowler over Virginia Tech, 60; Furman stopped Davidson, $50, and Rich mond topped Citadel, 1910, in other conference games. Nom conference Virginia trounced william and Mary. 26–6.
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)
Syracuse 57% to win.
The series
Every Penn State–Syracuse gamePenn State leads 43–23–5 in 71 meetings, counting the 53 since this game.
| 2013 | Penn State 23, Syracuse 17 | |
| 2009 | Penn State 28, Syracuse 7 | |
| 2008 | Penn State 55, Syracuse 13 | |
| 1990 | Penn State 27, Syracuse 21 | |
| 1989 | Penn State 34, Syracuse 12 | |
| 1988 | Syracuse 24, Penn State 10 |
Around this game
Penn State
- Next gamevs. MarylandNov. 4, 1939
- SeasonPenn State in 1939
- ProgramPenn State history and records
Syracuse
- Next gamevs. Michigan StateNov. 4, 1939
- SeasonSyracuse in 1939
- ProgramSyracuse history and records

