Penn State at Pennsylvania

Wednesday, October 17, 1900

Pennsylvania beat Penn State 17–⁠5. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 9–⁠0.

AwayPenn State4–⁠6–⁠1 in 1900
5
HomePennsylvania12–⁠1 in 1900
17

FinalAttendance 1,500

In the newspapers

  • The The Scranton tribune's story: FOOT BALL GAMES. State College Scores Against Penn sylvania-Other Contests.

    The Scranton tribune, Scranton, Pa., October 18, 1900, page 6

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    FOOT BALL GAMES. State College Scores Against Penn sylvania-Other Contests. BY Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press. Philadelphia, Oct. E.-State college was defeated at foot ball today by the University OF Pennsylvania by the score OF II 10 g. State col. lese presented crippled team and 10 cqualise matte,s somewhat Coach Woodruff, Of pennsyl. yaria. laid Of Captain Hare and Tackle Wallace and Half Back Gilmore in the first half. Hare aml Gilmore, however, tok their places in the second half. Fumbles were rather frequent in the first half in which honors were about even. State college stuck tenaciously to their more experienced op, ponents and stood even with Them at one stage OF the first half, McCncken, Of Pennsylvania, was pushed over the line for touchdown but the goal Was missed, Hewitt for State college short ly afterward made successful quarter back kick ior n touchdown. The goal waS missed however and the score was a tie at five. A succession OF plunges by Pennsylvania carried McCracken over for touchdown on which !. Gardiner kicked goal, The half ending at II TO 8 in favor Of Pennsylvania. In the second hall Pennsylvania added iouch down and goal, and state college failed TO score. The teams lined up as follows:

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)

Pennsylvania 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 25–⁠18–⁠4 in 47 meetings, counting the 38 since this game.

Recent meetings
1958Penn State 43, Pennsylvania 0
1957Penn State 19, Pennsylvania 14
1956Penn State 34, Pennsylvania 0
1955Penn State 20, Pennsylvania 0
1954Penn State 35, Pennsylvania 13
1953Pennsylvania 13, Penn State 7

Around this game

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