Rutgers at Penn State
Saturday, November 15, 1952 Share
Penn State beat Rutgers 7–6. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 3–1.
FinalHigh 53°F, low 40°F, 0.05 in. of rainAttendance 15,957
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 16, 1952, page 73
Read the text
Mats Reverse Stand Now Plan Teevse 3 to Is Home Game Fumb|ing Penn State Defeats Rutgers 70, on WobbIy Kick before a crowd of $4,000. 1t was the sixth time this season that State has had to come from behind to win or tie. David Simons, second-string end, grabbed Radios 17-yard pass in the end zone to give the Nit tany its six points and set the stage for Leonard’s Conversion. Rutgers took a first quarter lead when Quarterback John Jeffers tossed a 22-yard aerial to End Russell Sandbloom for the Scar let’s score. John Arthur’s CONVEX sion was wide. Jeffers’ II competitions in 26 attempts netted 130 yards and was the main cog in the Rutgers at tack. However State defenders managed to pick off five of his aerials. Penn state -- 0 0 z o. Rutgers Scoring: Touchdown, Sand Penn State Scoring: Touchdown. 81. mon Conversion Leonard
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 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Rutgers–Penn State gamePenn State leads 33–2 in 35 meetings, counting the 31 since this game.
| 2025 | Penn State 40, Rutgers 36 | |
| 2023 | Penn State 27, Rutgers 6 | |
| 2022 | Penn State 55, Rutgers 10 | |
| 2021 | Penn State 28, Rutgers 0 | |
| 2020 | Penn State 23, Rutgers 7 | |
| 2019 | Penn State 27, Rutgers 6 |
Around this game
Rutgers
- Next gamevs. New York UniversityNov. 22, 1952
- SeasonRutgers in 1952
- ProgramRutgers history and records
Penn State
- Next gameat PittsburghNov. 22, 1952
- SeasonPenn State in 1952
- ProgramPenn State history and records

