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George Washington vs. Penn State

George Washington and Penn State first met in 1926 and have played 3 times; Penn State leads the series 3–⁠0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Penn State 3–⁠0, and Penn State has won the last 3.

George Washington wins
0
Penn State wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1926
Longest streak
3 Penn State
Current streak
3 Penn State
Last 10 meetings
Penn State 3–⁠0
Most recent
1928

The series at a glance

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1920s0–⁠3
Average margin
23.7 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Penn State
3–⁠0 Penn State’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of George Washington and Penn State, 1926 on13001500170019301935194019451950195519601965

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 Douglas daily dispatch's story of the 1926 game: FOOTBALL. RESULTS Montana G; Gonzaga 10. Washington 81: Whitman 0.

    1926 · Douglas daily dispatch, Arizona, Oct 31, 1926

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

Nov 9, 1928Penn State 50, George Washington 0at Penn State
Nov 5, 1927Penn State 13, George Washington 0at Penn State
Oct 30, 1926Penn State 20, George Washington 12at Penn State

Every game is listed as played on the field.