Penn State at Temple
Saturday, October 18, 1941 Share
Temple beat Penn State 14–0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Temple led the series 3–1.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 52°F, 0.04 in. of rainAttendance 25,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 19, 1941, page 42
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Temple Retains Clean Slate by Whipping Penn State, 14-O PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 18-Paced by Andy TomasIc. George Sutch and an alert. fast-charging line. Temple University outplayed Penn State at every turn today to score a 40 victory over the Nittany Lions and remain among the Nations major undefeated and united football teams. The Nittany Lions got off to bad start in the first quarter and never pulled up to even terms with the Owls. who punched over touch downs in the first and third quarters to thrill an alumni homecoming day crowd of $4,000 Except for Penn States stubborn defense. the score might have been considerably higher. for on six other occasions the Templars were within the Lion 25-yard line, once losing the ball on the 10. Penn State, on the other hand, got only as far as the Temple 20 for its closest bid for a score and failed to pass the 50-yard line in the first two quarters.

Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 19, 1941, page 22
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Temple Scores 14-O Win Over Penn State PHILADELPHIA, oct IS GNS) Pushing over touchdownS in the first and third periods, Temple UniversitN’S Owls today scored a IA 10 o victory over Penn state before $4,000 fans Fullback George Sutch plunged over from the y IN The first period while Capt Andy Tomasic scored in the third period.
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)
Temple 59% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Penn State–Temple gamePenn State leads 41–4–1 in 46 meetings, counting the 42 since this game.
| 2026 | Penn State 27, Temple 9 | |
| 2016 | Penn State 34, Temple 27 | |
| 2015 | Temple 27, Penn State 10 | |
| 2014 | Penn State 30, Temple 13 | |
| 2012 | Penn State 24, Temple 13 | |
| 2011 | Penn State 14, Temple 10 |
Around this game
Penn State
- Next gamevs. LehighOct. 25, 1941
- SeasonPenn State in 1941
- ProgramPenn State history and records
Temple
- Next gamevs. BucknellOct. 25, 1941
- SeasonTemple in 1941
- ProgramTemple history and records

