Penn State at Pennsylvania

Saturday, September 27, 1958

Penn State beat Pennsylvania 43–⁠0. It was their 47th meeting; Pennsylvania leads the series 25–⁠18–⁠4.

AwayPenn State6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1958
43
HomePennsylvania4–⁠5 in 1958
0

FinalHigh 80°F, low 53°F, 0.72 in. of rainAttendance 19,549

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Penn Stute rounces Penn, 43-O

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 28, 1958, page 1

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    Penn Stute rounces Penn, 43-O PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 81 CAP).-Penn State walloped Penn with such ridiculous ease today it was difficult to decide whether the Nittany Lions were living up to their lofty preseason ratings or this was the worst Penn football team in Coach Steve Sebo’s sad five year regime. The final score was 43–⁠0. State, smarting from last weeks opening game upset by

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 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 25–⁠18–⁠4 in 47 meetings.

Recent meetings
1958Penn State 43, Pennsylvania 0
1957Penn State 19, Pennsylvania 14
1956Penn State 34, Pennsylvania 0
1955Penn State 20, Pennsylvania 0
1954Penn State 35, Pennsylvania 13
1953Pennsylvania 13, Penn State 7

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