Army vs. Penn State

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Army’s biggest win1949: Army 42, Penn State 7by 35 points
2. Penn State’s biggest win1973: Penn State 54, Army 3by 51 points
3. Upset1963: Army 10, Penn State 7Army had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1961: Army 10, Penn State 6Army had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Army’s side (Blaik 5–⁠0 against Engle). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

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  1899 · The news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, North Carolina, Oct 8, 1899

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  1949 · Evening star, Oct 2, 1949

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  1955 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 2, 1955

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  1956 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 7, 1956

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  1960 · Evening star, Oct 9, 1960

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Army vs. Navy125 meetings, Army 55–⁠63–⁠7
• Army vs. Air Force60 meetings, Army 21–⁠38–⁠1
• Army vs. Notre Dame52 meetings, Army 8–⁠40–⁠4
• Army vs. Yale46 meetings, Army 16–⁠22–⁠8
• Penn State vs. Pittsburgh99 meetings, Penn State 52–⁠43–⁠4
• Penn State vs. Syracuse71 meetings, Penn State 43–⁠23–⁠5
• Penn State vs. West Virginia61 meetings, Penn State 50–⁠9–⁠2
• Penn State vs. Maryland48 meetings, Penn State 44–⁠3–⁠1