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Gettysburg vs. Penn State

Gettysburg and Penn State first met in 1891 and have played 26 times; Penn State leads the series 25–⁠0–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Penn State 10–⁠0, and Penn State has won the last 17.

Gettysburg wins
0
Penn State wins
25
Ties
1
First meeting
1891
Longest streak
17 Penn State
Current streak
17 Penn State
Last 10 meetings
Penn State 10–⁠0
Most recent
1937

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠5
1900s0–⁠3–⁠1
1910s0–⁠8
1920s0–⁠7
1930s0–⁠2
Average margin
27.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Gettysburg
0–⁠2 Gettysburg’s record at home
At Penn State
23–⁠0–⁠1 Penn State’s record at home
Shutouts
20

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Penn State’s biggest win1917: Penn State 80, Gettysburg 0by 80 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Gettysburg and Penn State, 1891 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 The Salt Lake herald's story of the 1906 game: FOOTBALL SCORES.

    1906 · The Salt Lake herald, Salt Lake City [Utah], Oct 14, 1906

  • The The Topeka state journal's story of the 1913 game: SATURDAY FOOTBALL.

    1913 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Oct 13, 1913

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1914 game: SEWANEE-GEORGIA BATTLE FEATURES GRIDIRON TODAY EXPECT UPSETS IN EAST TODAY Big Elevens Face Formida- ble Foes-Several Impor- tant Battles Scheduled

    1914 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 10, 1914

  • The The sun's story of the 1919 game: PENN STATE TRIUMPHS. Finishes Strong and Defeats Gettysburg. 33 to o.

    1919 · The sun, New York, Oct 5, 1919

  • The Arizona republican's story of the 1921 game: Football Results FOOTBALL RESULTS SATURDAY (SAturday)

    1921 · Arizona republican, Arizona, Oct 3, 1921

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 2, 1937Penn State 32, Gettysburg 6at Penn State
Oct 13, 1934Penn State 32, Gettysburg 6at Penn State
Oct 6, 1928Penn State 12, Gettysburg 0at Penn State
Oct 1, 1927Penn State 34, Gettysburg 13at Penn State
Oct 11, 1924Penn State 26, Gettysburg 0at Penn State
Oct 13, 1923Penn State 20, Gettysburg 0at Penn State
Oct 7, 1922Penn State 20, Gettysburg 0at Penn State
Oct 1, 1921Penn State 24, Gettysburg 0at Penn State
Oct 2, 1920Penn State 13, Gettysburg 0at Penn State
Oct 4, 1919Penn State 33, Gettysburg 0at Penn State
Oct 6, 1917Penn State 80, Gettysburg 0at Penn State
Oct 28, 1916Penn State 48, Gettysburg 2at Penn State
Oct 16, 1915Penn State 27, Gettysburg 12at Penn State
Oct 10, 1914Penn State 13, Gettysburg 0at Penn State
Oct 11, 1913Penn State 16, Gettysburg 0at Penn State
Oct 26, 1912Penn State 25, Gettysburg 0at Penn State
Oct 7, 1911Penn State 31, Gettysburg 0at Penn State
Oct 13, 1906Penn State 0, Gettysburg 0at Penn State
Oct 14, 1905Penn State 18, Gettysburg 0at Penn State
Nov 8, 1902Penn State 37, Gettysburg 0at Penn State
Nov 17, 1900Penn State 44, Gettysburg 0at Gettysburg
Sep 30, 1899Penn State 40, Gettysburg 0at Penn State
Sep 24, 1898Penn State 47, Gettysburg 0at Penn State
Sep 25, 1897Penn State 32, Gettysburg 0at Penn State
Sep 26, 1896Penn State 40, Gettysburg 0at Penn State
Oct 27, 1891Penn State 18, Gettysburg 0at Gettysburg

Every game is listed as played on the field.