Penn State at Army
Saturday, October 8, 1960 Share
Penn State beat No. 18 Army 27–16. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Army led the series 6–3–2.
FinalHigh 72°F, low 39°FAttendance 27,150
In the newspapers
Evening star, October 9, 1960, page 85
Read the text
KERR GETS THREE SCORES Rally by Penn State Topples Army, 27–16 WEST POINT, N. Y, Oct. 8 tAP). - Halfback Jim Kerr scored three touchdowns today for a comeback Penn State team which spoiled Army’s unbeaten record and homecoming celebration, 27-l6. The versatile senior plunged over from the l-yard line for
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.
On the newsreel
- ARMY LOSES TO PENN STATEAt West Point, Penn State hands the Cadets their first defeat of the season, by a final upset score of 27-16.
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Army 59% to win. Penn State pulled the upset.
The series
Every Penn State–Army gamePenn State leads 14–10–2 in 26 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.
| 2015 | Penn State 20, Army 14 | |
| 1979 | Penn State 24, Army 3 | |
| 1976 | Penn State 38, Army 16 | |
| 1975 | Penn State 31, Army 0 | |
| 1974 | Penn State 21, Army 14 | |
| 1973 | Penn State 54, Army 3 |
Around this game
Penn State
- Next gameat SyracuseOct. 15, 1960
- SeasonPenn State in 1960
- ProgramPenn State history and records
Army
- Next gameat NebraskaOct. 15, 1960
- SeasonArmy in 1960
- ProgramArmy history and records