Penn State at Rutgers

Saturday, November 17, 1951

Penn State beat Rutgers 13–⁠7. It was their third meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 2–⁠1.

AwayPenn State5–⁠4 in 1951
13
HomeRutgers4–⁠4 in 1951
7

FinalHigh 57°F, low 37°FAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Penn State Wins Over Rutgers, 1871

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 18, 1951, page 62

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    Penn State Wins Over Rutgers, 1871 NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., Nov 17-Halfback Bob Pollard clicked of touchdown runs Of rs and II yards today to give Penn State q 1877 victory over Rutgers. Pollard, a rangy sophomore from Berwyn, Pa, personally pull verized Rutgers defense for 243 yards on IA carries to account for more than half OF the Nittany Lions rushing total. A chilled crowd of $4,000 watched Penn State count in the first quarter on a 75-yard gallop by Pollard. Rutgers slammed right back in the second to 60 ahead TO at half time. That was the last offensive showing by the team from New Jersey. Injuries to two key play ers, Halfback Bob DAmato and Left End Russ Sandblom, took most of the punch out of the Rutgers attack.

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)

Rutgers 55% to win. Penn State won as Elo’s underdog.

Penn State leads 33–⁠2 in 35 meetings, counting the 32 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Penn State 40, Rutgers 36
2023Penn State 27, Rutgers 6
2022Penn State 55, Rutgers 10
2021Penn State 28, Rutgers 0
2020Penn State 23, Rutgers 7
2019Penn State 27, Rutgers 6

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