West Virginia at Penn State

Saturday, October 29, 1960

Penn State beat West Virginia 34–⁠13. It was their 27th meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 18–⁠7–⁠2.

AwayWest Virginia0–⁠8–⁠2 in 1960
13
HomePenn State7–⁠3 in 1960
34

FinalHigh 58°F, low 39°FAttendance 35,600

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Mountoineers Downed By Penn State, 34-13

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 30, 1960, page 74

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    Mountoineers Downed By Penn State, 34–⁠13 when Quarterback Larry Trace well. q sophomore, entered the game and led touchdown marches Of SO and So yards. He scored the first touch down on q 1-yard quarterback sneak and passed to Halfback Marvin Sleigh, another sophomore, for the second score. The Nittany Lions made it q happy afternoon for $685. fans who welcomed them back from rough road trips during which Penn State upset Army, but lost to Syracuse and Illinois. The teams record is 3–⁠3. Penn State rolled up 339 yards rushing against its traditional rival, which has lost six games and tied one. The Nittany Lions scored first on Hoak’s pass to Dave Truitt in the opening quarter. The play covered 81 yards. In the next period, Sam Sou czak climaxed an 86-yard drive by plunging 2 yards for the score. The Lions drove 81 yards for their third score, with AL Cur sky going the final yard. In the third period Hoax scored from the 3, and then, after West Virginia had lost the ball on a tumble. Hoax rolled out and passed II yards to Buddy Torris for the final touchdown. WEST VIRGINIA 20 o 1913 PENN STATE ------S IL IS 0–⁠54 state-Truitt 81, pass from Hoax sta9ts.sIoycSak 3. plunge Kerr pass stats@darsRy % ; /. plunge tkiek failed) state-Hoak 8. run (kick failed). (Opperman kick). West yirginia--Tracewe l, sneak Uively 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 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Penn State leads 50–⁠9–⁠2 in 61 meetings, counting the 34 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Penn State 34, West Virginia 12
2023Penn State 38, West Virginia 15
1992Penn State 40, West Virginia 26
1991Penn State 51, West Virginia 6
1990Penn State 31, West Virginia 19
1989Penn State 19, West Virginia 9

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