Penn State at Syracuse
Saturday, October 26, 1957 Share
Penn State beat Syracuse 20–12. It was their 35th meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 17–13–5.
FinalHigh 42°F, low 26°FAttendance 35,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 27, 1957, page 1
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Penn State Passes Ruin Syracuse Record, 20–12 SYRACUSE. N. Y, Oct. 20 R.-Aroused Penn State knocked Syracuse from the ranks Of the Nations unbeaten football teams today. 20–12. as End Les Walters caught two touchdown passes. After cashing In quickly on q Syracuse mistake to score in the first two minutes. the rugged Penn State club refused to yield the lead throughout the clear, chilly afternoon While most Of the IS, ZOO spectators sat in stunned ST. lence, q bad pass from Center Mike Bill on q fourth-down punt gave rem State the ball on the Syracuse one early in the game. Dave Kasperian. q hard running halfback, smashed home for the score and Penn State was on the way to its upset victory. al Jacks threw to Walters for q 5l-yard touchdown play In the early seconds Of the second period and Richie Lucas. . soph replacement for the in tured Jacks. tossed for % to
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)
Syracuse 75% to win. Penn State pulled the upset.
The series
Every Penn State–Syracuse gamePenn State leads 43–23–5 in 71 meetings, counting the 36 since this game.
| 2013 | Penn State 23, Syracuse 17 | |
| 2009 | Penn State 28, Syracuse 7 | |
| 2008 | Penn State 55, Syracuse 13 | |
| 1990 | Penn State 27, Syracuse 21 | |
| 1989 | Penn State 34, Syracuse 12 | |
| 1988 | Syracuse 24, Penn State 10 |
Around this game
Penn State
- Next gamevs. West VirginiaNov. 2, 1957
- SeasonPenn State in 1957
- ProgramPenn State history and records
Syracuse
- Next gameat PittsburghNov. 2, 1957
- SeasonSyracuse in 1957
- ProgramSyracuse history and records

