Syracuse at Penn State
Saturday, November 8, 1941 Share
Penn State beat No. 18 Syracuse 34–19. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 10–5–5.
FinalHigh 40°F, low 32°FAttendance 16,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Syracuse–Penn State gamePenn State leads 43–23–5 in 71 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.
| 2013 | Penn State 23, Syracuse 17 | |
| 2009 | Penn State 28, Syracuse 7 | |
| 2008 | Penn State 55, Syracuse 13 | |
| 1990 | Penn State 27, Syracuse 21 | |
| 1989 | Penn State 34, Syracuse 12 | |
| 1988 | Syracuse 24, Penn State 10 |
Around this game
Syracuse
- Next gamevs. ColgateNov. 15, 1941
- SeasonSyracuse in 1941
- ProgramSyracuse history and records
Penn State
- Next gamevs. West VirginiaNov. 15, 1941
- SeasonPenn State in 1941
- ProgramPenn State history and records

