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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s1–⁠0
1900s3–⁠1–⁠1
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

  1. Carlisle’s biggest win1896: Carlisle 48, Penn State 5by 43 points
  2. Penn State’s biggest win1906: Penn State 4, Carlisle 0by 4 points
  3. Upset1896: Carlisle 48, Penn State 5Carlisle had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Carlisle and Penn State, 1896 on1300150017001900190519101915

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

  • The Evening star's story of the 1909 game: Carlisle and Penn State Tied.

    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, 1909Penn State 8, Carlisle 8at Penn State
Oct 3, 1908Carlisle 12, Penn State 5at Carlisle
Oct 5, 1907Carlisle 18, Penn State 5at Carlisle
Oct 6, 1906Penn State 4, Carlisle 0at Penn State
Oct 7, 1905Carlisle 11, Penn State 0at Carlisle
Nov 21, 1896Carlisle 48, Penn State 5at Carlisle

Every game is listed as played on the field.