West Virginia at Penn State

Saturday, October 27, 1956

No. 18 Penn State beat West Virginia 16–⁠6. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 15–⁠7–⁠1.

AwayWest Virginia6–⁠4 in 1956
6
Home18Penn State6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1956
16

FinalHigh 54°F, low 46°F, 0.23 in. of rainAttendance 27,814

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Penn State Snaps String, Beats Mountoineers, 16-6

    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.

Penn State leads 50–⁠9–⁠2 in 61 meetings, counting the 38 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Penn State 34, West Virginia 12
2023Penn State 38, West Virginia 15
1992Penn State 40, West Virginia 26
1991Penn State 51, West Virginia 6
1990Penn State 31, West Virginia 19
1989Penn State 19, West Virginia 9

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