Georgetown at Penn State
Saturday, September 30, 1950 Share
Penn State beat Georgetown 34–14. It was their only meeting on record.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 48°FAttendance 16,617
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 1, 1950, page 42
Read the text
Penn State Beats on Speed andDepth lntereeptions Lead to Both of OutcIussed . Hoyo’s Touchdowns STATE COLLEGE, Pa. Sept. 80. Penn States football team proved superior in every depart ment this afternoon as it beat Georgetown, 34–14. before 10000 at Beaver Field. The Nittany Lions, trying the T formation for the first time under their new coach, Rip Engle, saw the HoyaS turn a pass interception into a touchdown early in the first period, and then, snarled back to win decisively George towns other touchdown in the third period also followed an in Perception deep in Penn State ter ritory. Otherwise the Hoyas were unable to stir up much of drive. Penn State not only outplayed Georgetown most of the afternoon, but also got the breaks and took advantage of them. Two pass in
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 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Georgetown–Penn State gamePenn State leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Georgetown
- Next gamevs. TulsaOct. 7, 1950
- SeasonGeorgetown in 1950
- ProgramGeorgetown history and records
Penn State
- Next gameat ArmyOct. 7, 1950
- SeasonPenn State in 1950
- ProgramPenn State history and records

