Carlisle at Penn State

Saturday, October 9, 1909

Carlisle and Penn State tied 8–⁠8. It was their sixth meeting; Carlisle leads the series 4–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayCarlisle8–⁠3–⁠1 in 1909
8
HomePenn State5–⁠0–⁠2 in 1909
8

FinalHigh 77°F, low 46°FAttendance 8,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Carlisle and Penn State Tied.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 10, 1909, page 1

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    Carlisle and Penn State Tied. WILKESBARRE, Pa, October O. Penn State College and the Carlisle In dian eleven played tie game here this afternoon. the score being s to. 8. The Indians scored in the first half on a forty yard run by Houser for a touchdown. from which Libby kicked a goal. In the second half Smith carried the ball over for a touchdown for State College. Vorhis tried for the goal. but failed. Later Vorhis kicked a goal and State looked like the victor until kick from Libby caused the ball to roll over States goal line and Vorhis, who got it, was downed by Wauseka for safety, making the score a tie.

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)

Carlisle 63% to win.

Carlisle leads 4–⁠1–⁠1 in six meetings.

Recent meetings
1909Carlisle 8, Penn State 8
1908Carlisle 12, Penn State 5
1907Carlisle 18, Penn State 5
1906Penn State 4, Carlisle 0
1905Carlisle 11, Penn State 0
1896Carlisle 48, Penn State 5

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