Ohio State at Pennsylvania

Saturday, October 17, 1953

No. 17 Ohio State beat Pennsylvania 12–⁠6. It was their third meeting; Ohio State leads the series 3–⁠0.

Away17Ohio State6–⁠3 in 1953
12
HomePennsylvania3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1953
6

FinalHigh 80°F, low 53°FAttendance 44,270

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Ohio State Edges Penn 12-6 Yale and Cornell Play Tx Blocked Punt Gives Penn State Upset Over Syracuse, 20 to Ia

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 18, 1953, page 67

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    Ohio State Edges Penn 12–⁠6 Yale and Cornell Play Tx Blocked Punt Gives Penn State Upset Over Syracuse, 20 to Ia Stark to Art Troilo placed the ball on Penn States eight. Two plays later, Stark rammed over from the six on a fake pass play. Syracuse made it 14–⁠0 in the third quarter when Bob Leberman, senior halfback, carried six straight times, finally climaxing an 83-yard drive on a 12-yard slash into the end zcne. Jim George. converted after both Syracuse scores. State finally broke into the scoring column in the third quarter whe=l Tony Radios arched a short pass to Charley Block son who raced AZ yards to a touchdown. Tackle Jim Hard ing converted. SYRACUSE -------7 o z O-14 Penn State – o 0 1870 Syracuse scoring; Touchdowns-Stark, Lebetman. Conversions – George (2). Penn State scoring: TouchdoWns-Blockson, Moore, Garrity. Conversions – Harding, Garrity

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)

Ohio State 50% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Ohio State leads 3–⁠0 in three meetings.

Recent meetings
1953Ohio State 12, Pennsylvania 6
1933Ohio State 20, Pennsylvania 7
1932Ohio State 19, Pennsylvania 0

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