Carlisle vs. Penn State
Carlisle and Penn State first met in 1896 and have played 6 times; Carlisle leads the series 4–1–1. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Carlisle 4–1. Share
- Carlisle wins
- 4
- Penn State wins
- 1
- Ties
- 1
- First meeting
- 1896
- Longest streak
- 2 Carlisle
- Current streak
- 0 tie
- Last 10 meetings
- Carlisle 4–1
- Most recent
- 1909
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 13 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Carlisle
- 4–0 Carlisle’s record at home
- At Penn State
- 1–0–1 Penn State’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Carlisle’s biggest win1896: Carlisle 48, Penn State 5by 43 points
- Penn State’s biggest win1906: Penn State 4, Carlisle 0by 4 points
- Upset1896: Carlisle 48, Penn State 5Carlisle had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
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.
From the newspapers

1909 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 10, 1909
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
| Oct 9, 1909 | Penn State 8, Carlisle 8 | at Penn State | ||
| Oct 3, 1908 | Carlisle 12, Penn State 5 | at Carlisle | ||
| Oct 5, 1907 | Carlisle 18, Penn State 5 | at Carlisle | ||
| Oct 6, 1906 | Penn State 4, Carlisle 0 | at Penn State | ||
| Oct 7, 1905 | Carlisle 11, Penn State 0 | at Carlisle | ||
| Nov 21, 1896 | Carlisle 48, Penn State 5 | at Carlisle |
Every game is listed as played on the field.