Penn State at Yale

Saturday, October 20, 1906

Yale beat Penn State 10–⁠0. It was their seventh meeting; Yale leads the series 7–⁠0.

AwayPenn State8–⁠1–⁠1 in 1906
0
HomeYale9–⁠0–⁠1 in 1906
10

FinalHigh 66°F, low 57°F, 1.8 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: YALE HAD TO WORK DEFEATS PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE IN EXCITING GAME.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 21, 1906, page 59

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    YALE HAD TO WORK DEFEATS PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE IN EXCITING GAME. | NEW HAVEN, Conn, October 2O.-Yale | defeated Pennsylvania State College 10 to o here today in the most exciting foot ball game played in New Haven this season, despite the adverse weather condition. The | last haf was played in binding rain, and | considering the conditions few fumbles were made by either side Yale’s scoring was | confined to the first half when a touch down with goal and field goal were made ! In the second half the visitors played a | faster game than Yale and on two occasions worked the ball to Yaie’s ten-yard line, in the first instance the ball being lost on downs, and in the second a goal from the field being unsuccessfully attempted. The ball struck one of the uprights and glanced off, this being the nearest to score against Yaie this fall. The forward pass proved invariably a good ground gamer for Pennsylvania State Quarterback Voorhees, and Maxwell right end, engineering the play. McCleary Of Pennsylvania State easily outkicked Roome of Yale. and the visitors held firmly against ! the attacks of the blue backs. In the first haf Erwin Of Yale and Henry of Pennsyl vaEia State were ruled off the field for rough tactics. Yale’s first touchdown came after about five minutes Of play. With the ball near midfield Knox punted to Henry who drop Ped the ball as Forbes pounced upon him. Elgelow picked it up on the 35-yard line and with Roome interfering carried 1t across the line for the first score Of the day. Knox kicked the goal. A few moments later Yale carried the ball to Pennsylvania States 25-yard line and Knox kicked a goal from placement. In the second half the visitors, by the aid Of McCleary’s splendid punting and several Yale fumbles, kept the ball in Yale’s terri tory most Of the time.

  • The Los Angeles herald's story: FOOTBALL YALE WINS FROM PENNSYLVANIA

    Los Angeles herald, California, October 21, 1906, page 6

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    FOOTBALL YALE WINS FROM PENNSYLVANIA By AssOciated Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn, oct. 2O.-Yale defeated Pennsylvania State college 10 to 0 here today in the most exciting football game played in New Haven this season, despite the adverse weather conditions. The last half was played In a blinding rain. Yale’s scoring was confined to the first half with a touchdown, when a goal and a field goal were made. In the second half the visitors played faster game than Yale

  • The Perth Amboy evening news's story: YnIe Wins In Rnin.

    Perth Amboy evening news, New Jersey, October 22, 1906, page 1

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    YnIe Wins In Rnin. NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. 22.-Yale defeated Pennsylvania State college by a score of 10 to 0 here in the most exciting football game played in New Haven this season despite the adverse weather conditions and on a soggy field. The last half was played in a binding rain.

  • The The Washington times's story: The Up.

    The Washington times, District of Columbia, October 21, 1906, page 17

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    The Up. SCore-YAle. 10; Penn State, 0. Touch down-Biglow. Goal from touchdown Knox. Goal from feld-Knox. Referee Mr.. Okeson. Lehigh. Umpire – NJ. Morice. University of Pennsylvania. Linesman-Dr. Hull. New Haven. Halves anCe. SEQ

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)

Yale 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 7–⁠0 in seven meetings.

Recent meetings
1906Yale 10, Penn State 0
1905Yale 12, Penn State 0
1904Yale 24, Penn State 0
1903Yale 27, Penn State 0
1902Yale 11, Penn State 0
1901Yale 22, Penn State 0

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