Penn State at Army
Saturday, October 1, 1955 Share
Army beat Penn State 35–6. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Army led the series 3–1–2.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 54°F, 0.05 in. of rainAttendance 24,200
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 2, 1955, page 68
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Army Scores Easy Win Over Penn State, 35.6 uebei, that scored this one after only 3:22 Of the period. Some eight minutes later It became 2l-0 and 10 contest after Lash returned q short punt ito Penn States 2S. Four ground plays. plus q 5-yard penalty. were all it required for Army Ito score. Uebel carrying. Penn State. which had the ball in Cadet territory only once In the lfirst half. and then only as far las the 40. charged back III the third period. It looked like the second half Of q doubieheader as 1.-THE Lions took command. finally scoring ON 3 5l-yard drive following 9 poor punt By Lash. Moore. who gained as yards In iI6 attempts. carried after an s lyard dash after Army seemingly Ehad him bottled. Not until the final period did 1.-THE Black knights take charge lAgain. but when they did it was i’m q big way. They went “a yards latter Penn State punt to make lit 2s-6, with Barta. Murtland land Uebei the prime figures. lMurtland broke loose for the days longest run. 45 yards to 1.-THE State Is, and was prevented from going all the way only belcause Moore caught him from behind. Uehel. who was the games biggest ground gamer with 80 yards. and Barta took lit from there. The fifth and final touchdown started after Murtland recovered la tumble by Moore on Penn states so ana was slieaked across by Holleder with only ii seconds left Of the game. Only the kickoff TO the Lions followed after the Cadets had made It l35–6. II was Arny’s third victory as. against one loss and two ties with Penn State since 1899. It also was the Cadets i38th gics tory ii i52 games PLAYED IN. INichie Stadium since the oficial. opening In 1924. ARMY Left snds--yphnson. Thomas. Mccaf-I lIsst tackles chs.nauskss, riot. centeEs- sEyetecz, Herman, bishop Rixht snards- Goodwin. ahud. war kisht ,askiss- -sssphenson, Aielnlk, Risshs ends-s satt.rnsid, saunders S SSusrterbacks fio,Ieder, Msrisle. Bour-I lie LETT haltbaeks -lIssei Murtland. Msll-| Eisft hsifSseks aiunssr. lash, This-I Tuilbacks -Bar.s. nusd Andruako. Left OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. North. Pa Lefs suafds Deiuca. valentine CenteFs--Reich. Kleint. HadakQFich. Right guards -ehnmakers smith. Right taekie9--C Alderone. Maxuf. Rfghf ends--Gechling, Earis, Walters. ouarterbackt Hoffman. Plum. Left hAlfbaeke---Mocge AIberiei. Bill. kieht haifhackekans. Alien, eifnac. Eullboeka--Lpckerm Gebol. score By periods: Penn SEATS ~9s 3 3 ,o – Penn state SCORING – Tcuehdnwns. Moore ia run1 Army scoring Touch downs, 6Gttorfleid lS. pass from Hoile-8 Der. gaTse z. Pln1nss plnnse annss
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)
Army 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Penn State–Army gamePenn State leads 14–10–2 in 26 meetings, counting the 20 since this game.
| 2015 | Penn State 20, Army 14 | |
| 1979 | Penn State 24, Army 3 | |
| 1976 | Penn State 38, Army 16 | |
| 1975 | Penn State 31, Army 0 | |
| 1974 | Penn State 21, Army 14 | |
| 1973 | Penn State 54, Army 3 |
Around this game
Penn State
- Next gameat VirginiaOct. 8, 1955
- SeasonPenn State in 1955
- ProgramPenn State history and records
Army
- Next gameat MichiganOct. 8, 1955
- SeasonArmy in 1955
- ProgramArmy history and records

