Carlisle at Penn State
Saturday, October 9, 1909 Share
Carlisle and Penn State tied 8–8. It was their sixth meeting; Carlisle leads the series 4–1–1.
FinalHigh 77°F, low 46°FAttendance 8,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Carlisle–Penn State gameCarlisle leads 4–1–1 in six meetings.
| 1909 | Carlisle 8, Penn State 8 | |
| 1908 | Carlisle 12, Penn State 5 | |
| 1907 | Carlisle 18, Penn State 5 | |
| 1906 | Penn State 4, Carlisle 0 | |
| 1905 | Carlisle 11, Penn State 0 | |
| 1896 | Carlisle 48, Penn State 5 |
Around this game
Carlisle
- Next gamevs. SyracuseOct. 16, 1909
- SeasonCarlisle in 1909
- ProgramCarlisle history and records
Penn State
- Next gamevs. GenevaOct. 16, 1909
- SeasonPenn State in 1909
- ProgramPenn State history and records
