Penn State at Army

Saturday, October 7, 1899

Penn State beat Army 6–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayPenn State4–⁠6–⁠1 in 1899
6
HomeArmy4–⁠5 in 1899
0

FinalHigh 68°F, low 48°F, 0.18 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current's story: OTHER GAMES YESTERDAY.

    The news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, North Carolina, October 8, 1899, page 1 (results column)

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    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.

Penn State leads 14–⁠10–⁠2 in 26 meetings, counting the 25 since this game.

Recent meetings
2015Penn State 20, Army 14
1979Penn State 24, Army 3
1976Penn State 38, Army 16
1975Penn State 31, Army 0
1974Penn State 21, Army 14
1973Penn State 54, Army 3

Around this game

Army