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Penn State at Maryland

Saturday, November 4, 1961

Maryland beat Penn State 21–⁠17. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 7–⁠1.

AwayPenn State8–⁠3 in 1961
17
HomeMaryland7–⁠3 in 1961
21

FinalHigh 80°F, low 66°FAttendance 39,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Terps Surprise Penn State 21-17; Navy Jolts Irish> 1910 on 2 Kicks Sinner Hits Passes for 3 Scores

    Evening star, November 5, 1961, page 83

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    Terps Surprise Penn State 21–⁠17; Navy Jolts Irish> 1910 on 2 Kicks Sinner Hits Passes for 3 Scores A bruised and battered Mary land team took heart from another superlative perform ance by Gary Collins. its ailing All-American end candidate. and fought off Penn State. 2l- II, yesterday in another Of Byrd Stadium’s momentous football games. Maryland’s first sellout crowd since the Queens Game

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 61% to win. Maryland won as Elo’s underdog.

The series

Every Penn State–Maryland game

Penn State leads 44–⁠3–⁠1 in 48 meetings, counting the 40 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Penn State 44, Maryland 7
2023Penn State 51, Maryland 15
2022Penn State 30, Maryland 0
2021Penn State 31, Maryland 14
2020Maryland 35, Penn State 19
2019Penn State 59, Maryland 0

Around this game

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