Penn State at Army
Saturday, October 7, 1899 Share
Penn State beat Army 6–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 48°F, 0.18 in. of rain
In the newspapers

The news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, North Carolina, October 8, 1899, page 1 (results column)
Read the text
OTHER GAMES YESTERDAY. The University of Georgia football team played it’s first game yesterday, defeating the Clemson, (S. CO College eleven by score of 10 to 0. Princeton, ); Naval Cadets, 0. University of Cincinnati, 81; Maine University, 0. Lafayette, 16; Swathmore, 6. Pennsylvania State College, 6; West Point, 0. Lehigh 10: Rutgers, o. Yale. %: Bates, o. Harvard, 20; Wesleyan. 0. Columbia, 21: Union, o. University of Chicago, ); University of Iowa, 5. University of Illinois, 3; Knox Col lege, o. Cornell. -: Williams, o. University of Wisconsin, Sc: Beloit, Q. University of Pennsylvania, 6; Brown.
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)
Army 61% to win. Penn State won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Penn State–Army gamePenn State leads 14–10–2 in 26 meetings, counting the 25 since this game.
| 2015 | Penn State 20, Army 14 | |
| 1979 | Penn State 24, Army 3 | |
| 1976 | Penn State 38, Army 16 | |
| 1975 | Penn State 31, Army 0 | |
| 1974 | Penn State 21, Army 14 | |
| 1973 | Penn State 54, Army 3 |
Around this game
Penn State
- Next gamevs. Washington & JeffersonOct. 13, 1899
- SeasonPenn State in 1899
- ProgramPenn State history and records
Army
- Next gamevs. HarvardOct. 14, 1899
- SeasonArmy in 1899
- ProgramArmy history and records

