Penn State at Maryland

Saturday, November 2, 1963

Penn State beat Maryland 17–⁠15. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 9–⁠1.

AwayPenn State7–⁠3 in 1963
17
HomeMaryland3–⁠7 in 1963
15

FinalHigh 53°F, low 40°F, 0.6 in. of rainAttendance 35,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: SAFETY PROVES DIFFERENCE Penn State Nips Terps, 17-15

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 3, 1963, page 1

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    SAFETY PROVES DIFFERENCE Penn State Nips Terps, 17–⁠15 Liske. tried only seven and completed five, but two went for touchdowns. A year ago al Penn State, 1t was Liske who scored two touchdowns on roll louis to beat the Terps in the snow. Although this was Penn States ninth triumph over the Terps in the 10-game series, the Terps behaved belligerently unlike six-point underdogs for most of the game. Maryland had a 1915 edge in first downs, but Penn State had a 327-288 m argin in total Of Tense, thanks mostly to that 66-yard pass. The game was even in an other respect. Each club had a field goal try that went awry, which could have provided i’m portant m omentum. Mary lane s miss came when it trailed, 1877, in the third quarter, but Sinner tumble the snap on the % and Hill never could make his try. Pen n States muff came from the II by Coates after the Lions had driven “a yards with the OPEN ing kickoff. After Coates missed, Mary land Immediately launched an 80-yard, 14-play scoring foray. Fishman, who had a tremendous day as a rusher and line hacker, carried on six of the first IL plays for II yards. One smash was good for Is yards. Sinner Scores From 5 CIaiv,a,. kIra,,, 4,.lx, -. ,..s.

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 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Penn State leads 44–⁠3–⁠1 in 48 meetings, counting the 38 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

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