Penn State at New York University

Friday, October 31, 1941

Penn State beat New York University 42–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; Penn State leads the series 2–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayPenn State7–⁠2 in 1941
42
HomeNew York University2–⁠7 in 1941
0

FinalAttendance 10,691

In the newspapers

  • The The Tacoma times's story: Penn State Rolls Over Violeis, 42-0

    The Tacoma times, Tacoma, Wash., November 3, 1941, page 8

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    Penn State Rolls Over Violeis, 42–⁠0 NEW YORk-The pangs of deemphasis at New York university were never sharper than today after the Violets’ AZ to 0 rout at the hands of Penn State. Penn State started scoring in the first period when Bill Smaltz passed to Len Krouse for “a yards and a touchdown. The Nittany Lions counted twice in the second period on drives of IS yards and So yards and rolled up three more scores 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)

Penn State 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Penn State leads 2–⁠1–⁠1 in four meetings.

Recent meetings
1941Penn State 42, New York University 0
1940Penn State 25, New York University 0
1929New York University 7, Penn State 0
1927New York University 13, Penn State 13

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