Holy Cross at Penn State
Saturday, November 14, 1959 Share
No. 10 Penn State beat Holy Cross 46–0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 5–0.
FinalHigh 58°F, low 40°FAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers

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.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Penn State 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Holy Cross–Penn State gamePenn State leads 9–0 in nine meetings, counting the four since this game.
Around this game
Holy Cross
- Next gameat MarquetteNov. 21, 1959
- SeasonHoly Cross in 1959
- ProgramHoly Cross history and records
Penn State
- Next gameat PittsburghNov. 21, 1959
- SeasonPenn State in 1959
- ProgramPenn State history and records

