Penn State at Syracuse

Saturday, October 14, 1950

Syracuse beat Penn State 27–⁠7. It was their 28th meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 12–⁠11–⁠5.

AwayPenn State5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1950
7
HomeSyracuse5–⁠5 in 1950
27

FinalHigh 52°F, low 41°FAttendance 17,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: 1850 See Syracuse Beat Penn State, III

    Evening star, October 15, 1950, page 46

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    1850 See Syracuse Beat Penn State, III SYRACUSE. N. Y. Oct. IA. - Syracuse University’s football team unleashed a fast ground of fensive tonight to whip Penn State q to Z before 1880 fans. Syracuse rolled for it’s first touchdown in the opening min utes in a nine-play march from it’s own 25-yard line. The Orange ran the Nittany Lions ragged for the rest of the half but failed to score. The Orange squad tailed three touchdowns in the third period on three runs. totaling I’ll yards. Avatus Stone, Syracuse’s sophomore defensive safety man, ran IS yards on an intercepted pass for one OF the Oranges four tai lies. and set the stage for two other scores by intercepting Penn State passes. Penn State scored its touch down on the final play of the game when Bill Abbott scampered So yards. Syracuse gained 321 yards on running plays against 13o for its opponents. The Orange made an other 48 yards in nine passes COM pleted by Quarterback Bernie Gus tbs out Of ID tries.

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 59% to win. Syracuse won as Elo’s underdog.

Penn State leads 43–⁠23–⁠5 in 71 meetings, counting the 43 since this game.

Recent meetings
2013Penn State 23, Syracuse 17
2009Penn State 28, Syracuse 7
2008Penn State 55, Syracuse 13
1990Penn State 27, Syracuse 21
1989Penn State 34, Syracuse 12
1988Syracuse 24, Penn State 10

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