Penn State at Pennsylvania

Saturday, October 30, 1954

Penn State beat Pennsylvania 35–⁠13. It was their 43rd meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 25–⁠14–⁠4.

AwayPenn State7–⁠2 in 1954
35
HomePennsylvania0–⁠9 in 1954
13

FinalHigh 52°F, low 41°F, 0.1 in. of rainAttendance 33,146

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Penn State Powers To 35-13 Victory Over Pennsylvania

    Evening star, October 31, 1954, page 63

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    Penn State Powers To 35–⁠13 Victory Over Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 3d. A Penn State football team that had too much of everything overpowered Pennsylvania today, 1913. before 33,126 in Franklin Field and national television audience. The Nittany Lions. bidding again for top ranking in the East

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 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 25–⁠18–⁠4 in 47 meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1958Penn State 43, Pennsylvania 0
1957Penn State 19, Pennsylvania 14
1956Penn State 34, Pennsylvania 0
1955Penn State 20, Pennsylvania 0
1954Penn State 35, Pennsylvania 13
1953Pennsylvania 13, Penn State 7

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