Penn State at Syracuse

Saturday, November 8, 1952

Syracuse beat No. 15 Penn State 25–⁠7. It was their 30th meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 13–⁠12–⁠5.

Away15Penn State7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1952
7
HomeSyracuse7–⁠3 in 1952
25

FinalHigh 37°F, low 26°F, 0.98 in. of snowAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, November 9, 1952, page 64

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    SYRACUSE, N. Y, Nov. g. Syracuse’s touchdown twins, Pal Stark and Bob Leberman, reeleo OF two touchdowns apiece today to lead the aroused Orangemen to a 25–⁠7 upset victory over Penn State which just about ruined the Bowl chances of the Nittany Lions. Penn States only touchdown came on a sensational 77-yard punt return by Don Bailey in the opening minutes Of the game. Bill Leonard converted. It was his 18th time in a row. Stark thrilled the crowd Of 49, 900 in Archbold Stadium with touchdown runs of Al and “a yards. Leberman drilled over once FROM the six and again from the 2-yard line. s Only one Syracuse conversion attempt by Jim George succeeded, chiefly because Of bad passes from center. Stark. in addition to his touch down runs, outpassed States Tony Radios with ease. He attempted

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)

Syracuse 53% to win. Syracuse pulled the upset. Elo’s favorite won.

Penn State leads 43–⁠23–⁠5 in 71 meetings, counting the 41 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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