Penn State at Colgate
Saturday, October 30, 1948 Share
No. 12 Penn State beat Colgate 32–13. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 7–4–1.
FinalHigh 63°F, low 35°FAttendance 10,000
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, November 1, 1948, page 6 (results column)
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FOOTBALL l SCORES Final scores of leading football games played over the weekend are as follows stanford 20; Washington 0. St. Mary’s IS; Oregon IA. UCLA 27; Nebraska 15. Miss State 0; Tulane g. California IS; USC ‘. Montana State IA; Idaho s. 20. Colorado s. 34; Colorado c. 2. Michigan s 46; Oregon c. 21. Idaho IA; Washington s. 19. Utah IA; Colorado F. Santa Clara 25; San Francisco 13 Dayton T; Xavier o. Bowdoin IS; Bates. 12. Virginia 14; Princeton 55. Georgia Tech 19; Duke 2. Virginia Tech T; Army 49. Michigan 28; Illinois 20. Penn State 32; Colgate 13. Oklahoma 33; Iowa State 6. Arkansas 28; Texas AM 6. Mississippi 0; Tulane 9. Drake 45 Kansas State 20. Brown 20; Rutgers 6. Williams T; Union 19 Notre Dame Al; Navy ‘. G. Washington IA; Lafayette 33. Washington-Lee T; Penn 40. Hcly Cross 13; Harvard 20. Duquesene 13; Ohio U IA. Cornell 20; Columbia 13. Syracuse T; Boston U 12. s. Carolina 12; w. Virginia 35. N. Carolina s 13; Wake Forest 34. Davidson 6; V M 33 Florida 32; Thurman IA. North Carolina IA; Tennessee T. Washington-Jeff. l9; Car. T. 2. Pittsburgh 20; Reserve O. Kentucky 28; Cincinnati T. Akron 20; Wooster G. New York U 21; Lehigh 20. Indiana ‘; Minnesota 30. Ohio State T; Northwestern 21. Georgia 35; Alabama 0. Wisconsin IS; Iowa 19. SMU 21; Texas 6. Okla. AM T. Kansas 13 Missouri 4; Kansas State 2.
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 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Penn State–Colgate gamePenn State leads 9–4–1 in 14 meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 1980 | Penn State 54, Colgate 10 | |
| 1959 | Penn State 58, Colgate 20 | |
| 1948 | Penn State 32, Colgate 13 | |
| 1947 | Penn State 46, Colgate 0 | |
| 1946 | Penn State 6, Colgate 2 | |
| 1945 | Penn State 27, Colgate 7 |
Around this game
Penn State
- Next gameat PennsylvaniaNov. 6, 1948
- SeasonPenn State in 1948
- ProgramPenn State history and records
Colgate
- Next gameat CornellNov. 6, 1948
- SeasonColgate in 1948
- ProgramColgate history and records

