Penn State at Ohio State
Saturday, November 9, 1963 Share
Penn State beat No. 10 Ohio State 10–7. It was their third meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 3–0 as played.
FinalHigh 63°F, low 34°FAttendance 83,519
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 12, 1963, page 1 (results column)
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Navy, Painters Retain Top Spots In Lambert Poll NEW YORK Nov. IL (AP.-Navy and Pittsburgh continued to run one-two in the u IN amin Gus votin g by coaches, sports writer’s and sportScasters for the Lambert Trophy, emblematic Of Eastern major college football Supremacy. It was the third straight week that Navy CID had received all the first place votes. Pittsburgh GID, an impress sive 27–7 winner over Notre Dame, widened its second-place edge over Army CID, which barely queaked past Utah, 81. Syracuse (6–2) remained fourth after downing West Virginia, 1918. Penn State (6–2) moved into fifth on its 10–7 victory over Ohio State. Boston College (5–2 was sixth, followed by Harvard 4-1-2) and Princeton GID tied for seventh, Massachusetts 7-0-D ninth and Yale (5–2) and Dartmouth (5–2) tied for 10th.
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)
Ohio State 56% to win. Penn State pulled the upset.
The series
Every Penn State–Ohio State gameOfficially, Ohio State leads 26–14; as played, 27–14 in 41 meetings, counting the 38 since this game.
Around this game
Penn State
- Next gamevs. Holy CrossNov. 16, 1963
- SeasonPenn State in 1963
- ProgramPenn State history and records
Ohio State
- Next gamevs. NorthwesternNov. 16, 1963
- SeasonOhio State in 1963
- ProgramOhio State history and records

