Penn State at Ohio State

Saturday, November 9, 1963

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.

AwayPenn State7–⁠3 in 1963
10
Home10Ohio State5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1963
7

FinalHigh 63°F, low 34°FAttendance 83,519

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Navy, Painters Retain Top Spots In Lambert Poll

    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.

Officially, Ohio State leads 26–⁠14; as played, 27–⁠14 in 41 meetings, counting the 38 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Ohio State 38, Penn State 14
2024Ohio State 20, Penn State 13
2023Ohio State 20, Penn State 12
2022Ohio State 44, Penn State 31
2021Ohio State 33, Penn State 24
2020Ohio State 38, Penn State 25

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