Penn State at Army
Saturday, October 6, 1956 Share
No. 15 Army beat Penn State 14–7. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Army led the series 4–1–2.
FinalHigh 65°F, low 39°F, 0.08 in. of rainAttendance 24,175
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 7, 1956, page 1
Read the text
Army 0ut|asts Penn State 10 Gain TAT Win WEST POINT. N. Y. Oct. s R.-Army’s football team al most shocked Penn State into submission with two quick touch downs today, then had to fight all the way to pull out a lat decision over the stirred-up Nit tany Lions. Penn State, which hasn’t beaten Army since 1899, actually outplayed the Cadets for a good
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 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Penn State–Army gamePenn State leads 14–10–2 in 26 meetings, counting the 19 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 gamevs. Holy CrossOct. 13, 1956
- SeasonPenn State in 1956
- ProgramPenn State history and records
Army
- Next gameat MichiganOct. 13, 1956
- SeasonArmy in 1956
- ProgramArmy history and records

