West Virginia at Penn State
Saturday, October 27, 1956 Share
No. 18 Penn State beat West Virginia 16–6. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 15–7–1.
FinalHigh 54°F, low 46°F, 0.23 in. of rainAttendance 27,814
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 28, 1956, page 1
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Penn State Snaps String, Beats Mountoineers, 16–6 UNIVERSITY PARK. Pa. Oct. ~ Pl.-Penn State broke a three-year West Virginia victory string today by humping the Mountaineers, 1875. before 27.8l4 fans to take another star on the Nittany Lions bid for Eastern football honors. Outweighed. Penn State new ertheless was power team all day. smashing the middle of the West Virginia line behind Guards Jim de Luca and Sam Valentine and Center Dan Radakovich. Penn State paraded to touch down and a safety in the first period and another touchdown in the second to wrap up the game by halftime, then stuck to the ground and ball control in the second half. West Virginia’s only score came in the third quarter on a s4-yard drive in seven plays that featured two fine runs by Half back Larry Krutko and Halfback
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 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every West Virginia–Penn State gamePenn State leads 50–9–2 in 61 meetings, counting the 38 since this game.
Around this game
West Virginia
- Next gamevs. George WashingtonNov. 3, 1956
- SeasonWest Virginia in 1956
- ProgramWest Virginia history and records
Penn State
- Next gameat SyracuseNov. 3, 1956
- SeasonPenn State in 1956
- ProgramPenn State history and records

