Penn State at Army

Saturday, October 6, 1956

No. 15 Army beat Penn State 14–⁠7. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Army led the series 4–⁠1–⁠2.

AwayPenn State6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1956
7
Home15Army5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1956
14

FinalHigh 65°F, low 39°F, 0.08 in. of rainAttendance 24,175

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Army 0ut|asts Penn State 10 Gain TAT Win

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 7, 1956, page 1

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    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.

Penn State leads 14–⁠10–⁠2 in 26 meetings, counting the 19 since this game.

Recent meetings
2015Penn State 20, Army 14
1979Penn State 24, Army 3
1976Penn State 38, Army 16
1975Penn State 31, Army 0
1974Penn State 21, Army 14
1973Penn State 54, Army 3

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