Penn State at Syracuse
Saturday, November 8, 1952 Share
Syracuse beat No. 15 Penn State 25–7. It was their 30th meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 13–12–5.
FinalHigh 37°F, low 26°F, 0.98 in. of snowAttendance 15,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Penn State–Syracuse gamePenn State leads 43–23–5 in 71 meetings, counting the 41 since this game.
| 2013 | Penn State 23, Syracuse 17 | |
| 2009 | Penn State 28, Syracuse 7 | |
| 2008 | Penn State 55, Syracuse 13 | |
| 1990 | Penn State 27, Syracuse 21 | |
| 1989 | Penn State 34, Syracuse 12 | |
| 1988 | Syracuse 24, Penn State 10 |
Around this game
Penn State
- Next gamevs. RutgersNov. 15, 1952
- SeasonPenn State in 1952
- ProgramPenn State history and records
Syracuse
- Next gamevs. ColgateNov. 15, 1952
- SeasonSyracuse in 1952
- ProgramSyracuse history and records

