Syracuse at Penn State

Saturday, November 8, 1941

Penn State beat No. 18 Syracuse 34–⁠19. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 10–⁠5–⁠5.

Away18Syracuse5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1941
19
HomePenn State7–⁠2 in 1941
34

FinalHigh 40°F, low 32°FAttendance 16,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Penn State Defeats Syracuse With Biggest Tally in Series

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 9, 1941, page 43

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    Penn State Defeats Syracuse With Biggest Tally in Series most of the game. however, and turned loose fashy Bill Debler, cap tain of the baseball team, who was pure poison to the Orange. He shot off tackle repeatedly for long gains, and scored once. John Pepper” Petrella. chunky halfback, scored two touchdowns on short runs. Penn State made eight first downs rushing and four through the air Syracuse turned in four on the ground and two overhead

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 58% to win. Penn State pulled the upset. Elo’s favorite won.

Penn State leads 43–⁠23–⁠5 in 71 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.

Recent meetings
2013Penn State 23, Syracuse 17
2009Penn State 28, Syracuse 7
2008Penn State 55, Syracuse 13
1990Penn State 27, Syracuse 21
1989Penn State 34, Syracuse 12
1988Syracuse 24, Penn State 10

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