Holy Cross at Penn State

Saturday, November 14, 1959

No. 10 Penn State beat Holy Cross 46–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 5–⁠0.

AwayHoly Cross6–⁠4 in 1959
0
Home10Penn State9–⁠2 in 1959
46

FinalHigh 58°F, low 40°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, November 15, 1959, page 34

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    age for the year to 1,121-a new mark in the 72-year football history at Penn State. BY the final gun his yardage amounted to 1,184. The previous record was 1882 in 1854, by Lennie Moore, now a star halfback OF the Baltimore Colts. Lucas also threw a 69-yard pass to Bob Mitinger, a 12-yard scoring pass in the third quarter to Mitinger and ran 3 yards once himself for a I’d. The outstanding run of the day came when Jim Kerr, a junior halfback. scampered So yards for a score in the third period. The play was set UP on an artfully concealed double fake by Lucas. Kerr also ran Z yards for a touchdown. HOLY CROSS o o o o. q PENN STATE IA 13 10 0–⁠46 Penn state-Kerr 2, run tstellatella Penn state1sobczak, 4, run tstells- tella, kick), Penn State-Lucas. 8, run tstellatella kick. Penn State-Caye. 8 run Ckick failed) Penn State-Kerr. so, run run failed) Penn ,state-Mitinger. ~, pass from Lucas kick failed). Penn State-Smith, recovered tumble J In end zone iStellatella. kick.

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.

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Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Penn State 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Penn State leads 9–⁠0 in nine meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1963Penn State 28, Holy Cross 14
1962Penn State 48, Holy Cross 20
1961Penn State 34, Holy Cross 14
1960Penn State 33, Holy Cross 8
1959Penn State 46, Holy Cross 0
1958Penn State 32, Holy Cross 0

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