Penn State at Pennsylvania

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  New-York tribune, New York, September 25, 1904, page 12

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  u. OF p. BARELY, WINS. Penn State Holds VARSITY Dozen to iSir Points. Philadelphia. Sept. A.-Pennsylvanias football eleven barely managed to win its first game Of the season this afternoon against the State College. The only score OF the contest made by the Quakers the last two minutes OF the second halt when they threw Piekarsd the line for touchdown. from which COrson kicked the goal making IL 10 o. From the very start OF the first half II was evil dent that the visitors from Bellefonte not only heavy the Red and Blue. but that they knew 5ust much about the game at this stage OF the season. Neither team could gain consist emily through this twenty-minute half and the ball see-sawed up and down the field amid strocious lot of fumbles. In the second half OF fifteen min utes Penn tried a kicking game and then took her beefy guard Ziligen. out of the fullback position. placing a lighter man in the job. Gaining the striking point by series OF well directed punts she took the ball the twentY-hve-yard line and rushed IL two minutes before the close OF play. The work of both teams slow, but State showed up cleaner than Pennsylvania. whose individual work ragged throughout The lineup and score:

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  The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], September 25, 1904, page 10

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  RED AND BLUE ELEVEN HAS NARROW ESCAPE Defeated Penn State College by Only to c-Reynolds Made the Long Run. PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept. 24.-The University of Pennsylvania football team opened the season here this after noon. and II was all they could do 70 win from Pennsylvania State College, gaining the victory by a narrow margin OF to 0. The lineup Of the Red and Blue team was in doubt until the game started. eight of the regular team having been Held up by the faculty. They overcame the objections, however, but found the State boys a desperate eleven. Penn was unable to score in the first half because of the ragged work OF their back field. In the second half a forty-yard run by Reynolds gave them a chance to push Piekarsh over for a touchdown. COrson kicked the goal. ScOre-Pennsylvania 6: State O. Observation-Disclosures. Goal from touch down-Corson. Referee-Whiting Cor nell. Umpire-Sharpe. Yale I.inesman -OkesOn. Lehigh Times Of halves-2C and Is minutes.

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Pennsylvania leads 25–⁠18–⁠4 in 47 meetings, counting the 34 since this game.