Colgate at Penn State

Saturday, November 1, 1947

No. 7 Penn State beat Colgate 46–⁠0. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 6–⁠4–⁠1.

AwayColgate1–⁠5–⁠2 in 1947
0
Home7Penn State9–⁠0–⁠1 in 1947
46

FinalHigh 54°F, low 34°FAttendance 14,014

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story

    The Wilmington morning star, November 3, 1947, page 5 (results column)

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    IIlOIe lVy-leSCoOIleu CldoSlCS. least five years, if ever, before the twain shall meet again. A little of the glamor has been washed off this years finale by Columbia’s defeat of the Cadets ended a 32-game unbeaten- streak for the West Pointers and Army’s scoreless tie with Illinois. Notre Dame moves into the contest as the No. l team of the nation, unbeaten and united, and still ranking from the $50 and 48–⁠0 shellackings of 1914 and AS. Last year the two hammer ed it out in an 90 tie but this looks like Notre Danes year. With Johnny Lujack and frankie Tripucka leading a pass ing barrage, the Irish thumped Navy 27-O in Cleveland Saturday in what Notre Dame coach aohv ca’ed his teams S best game of the year. Army rebounded from the Co. lumbia upset by walloping Washington and Lee 65–⁠13 bu Coach Earl Blaik received no consolation from the over whelming triumph. The South ern Generals completed 20 of AZ aerials for 235 yards and Notre Dame can throw en- better. Still in there battling Notre Dame for recognition for the country’s mythical champion ship are Michigan, Southern Methodist, Georgia Tech, Penn sylvania, Penn State, Southern California and Virginia. AL boast perfect records with the exception of the far Western Trojans who had their slate blemished by a tie with Rice earlier in the campaign. Utah also is unbeaten and un. tied but the Utes don’t rate with the other powers. Kansas, which plastered Kansas State $50, has won four and tied two. Michigan 600 moved closer to the Big Nine title and a New Years date in the Rose Bowl by whipping the Fighting Illini of Illinois 14–⁠7 in terrific bat tie. Southern Methodist (6-O) ruled the Southwest Conference with 14–⁠13 victory over Texas. The Longhorns dropped their first game of the year as dazzling Doak Walker, SINUS ALL America candidate, outshone brilliant Bobby Layne by pass ing for one touchdown, scoring the other, and by booting the vital two extra points. Southern California (6-O-D kept heading for a rendezvous at Pasadena with 1910 triumph over Washington. California, still the Trojans’ chief rivals, stayed in the running by edging out U.C.L.A. 60. Penn and Penn State, the two top eastern powers who are being watched closely by the bowl scouts, won easily. Penn $50, surprised by Princeton year ago, took no chances yesterday as Tony Minisi paced the Ivy League co-leaders to a 26–⁠7 vic tory over the Tigers. Penn State (6-O, cleared the bench against Colgate but couldn’t stop tn e point parade. The Lions to a 46–⁠0 win. Georgia Tech (6-O), no. l team Of the deep south, hustled a first period touchdown over Duke and then held on to hand the Blue Devils their first loss OF the year, 20. Duke had been tied by Navy. Saturday the Engineers will try out their stuff against Navy at Baltimore. Virginia (6–⁠0), flattened Rich

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL ! SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 3, 1947, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL ! SCORES Final scores of leading football games pleyed over the weekend are as follows. and incidentally look at the whitewash contests: USC 19; Washington Q. California 6; UCIh Q. Oregon State IS; Stanford ‘. Idaho ‘; Oregon 34. Idaho State College l9; College of Idaho 27 Washington and Lee l3; Army 65. Navy 0; Notre Dame 27. Maine 33; Colby 6. Dartmouth IA: Yale 23. Marquette ‘; Michigan State 13. Indiana T; Ohio State 0. Iowa State g; Oklahoma 27 Texas Christian IA; Baylor ‘. Denver 20 Brigham Young 6. Utah l3; Colorado T. Wyoming A; Colorado State IA. Washington and Jefferson 21; Carnegie Tech l3. Utah State 28; Montana State l3 Oklahoma A &M 26; Temple O Georgetown 6; Boston College 27 Tennessee 6; North Carolina 20 Fordham 0; Boston U 26. Holy Cross 19; Brown 20. Penn 26: Princeton 2. Rutgers 31; Harvard T. Columbia 22; Cornell 0. Colgate 0; Penn State 46. Syracuse T; Lafayette 14. w. Virginia 0; Maryland 27. Michigan l4; Illinois 2. Duke 0; Georgie Tech T. Richmond 0, Virginia 34. Texas 13; s. Methodist IA. U. Of Detroit 19; St. Mary’s 6. Pittsburgh O.; Minnesota 29. Wisconsin %; Northwestern 0. Iowa 0; Purdue 21 Auburn 0; Vanderbilt 28 University of Connecticut 14; Coast Guard Academy 0. Wake Forest 0; William and Mary AT. Kansas State 0; Kansas 55. Texas Techs7; Rice 40. Alabama IS; Kentucky 0. Mississippi State 20; Tulane O. Wichita 0; Tulsa 2. Nevada 27; St. Louis 21. San Francisco 20; Santa Clara g Mississippi 20; Louisiana s. IS. Centenary 20; Louisiana Coll. 0 Colorado College 19; Fort Hays T Arizon State (Tempe) 33; New Mexico Aggie 12. Hardin Simmons 33 Houston ‘ Occidental 6. Whittier 4 Utah State 28 Montana State 13 Fresno State T; San Diego s. T California Aggie 12; Humboldt State T. Pomona 27; California Tech 20 Santa Barbara 53; Cal. Poly l4 Washington Freshmen IS; Oregon State Freshmen 6. British Columbia 27; Lewis and Clark T. Western Washington fl; Whit worth O. , Idaho Frosh 26; Washington s Frosh ‘. Everett JIG. 20; Centralia JIG. ‘ Linfield 26; Whitman 6. Wenatchee J. c. 12; Olympic J c. (Bremerton O.

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 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Penn State leads 9–⁠4–⁠1 in 14 meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1980Penn State 54, Colgate 10
1959Penn State 58, Colgate 20
1948Penn State 32, Colgate 13
1947Penn State 46, Colgate 0
1946Penn State 6, Colgate 2
1945Penn State 27, Colgate 7

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