Muhlenberg vs. Penn State

Muhlenberg and Penn State first met in 1914 and have played 6 times; Penn State leads the series 5–⁠1. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Penn State 5–⁠1, and Penn State has won the last 3.

Muhlenberg wins
1
Penn State wins
5
Ties
0
First meeting
1914
Longest streak
3 Penn State
Current streak
3 Penn State
Last 10 meetings
Penn State 5–⁠1
Most recent
1945

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠1
1920s0–⁠1
1930s1–⁠1
1940s0–⁠2
Average margin
29.2 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Penn State
5–⁠1 Penn State’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Muhlenberg’s biggest win1933: Muhlenberg 3, Penn State 0by 3 points
  2. Penn State’s biggest win1944: Penn State 58, Muhlenberg 13by 45 points
  3. Upset1933: Muhlenberg 3, Penn State 0Muhlenberg had a 16% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Muhlenberg and Penn State, 1914 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial's story of the 1920 game: SATURDAYS FOOTBALL SCORES.

    1920 · Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial, Delaware, Sep 27, 1920

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

Sep 29, 1945Penn State 47, Muhlenberg 7at Penn State
Sep 30, 1944Penn State 58, Muhlenberg 13at Penn State
Oct 3, 1936Penn State 45, Muhlenberg 0at Penn State
Oct 14, 1933Muhlenberg 3, Penn State 0at Penn State
Sep 25, 1920Penn State 27, Muhlenberg 7at Penn State
Oct 3, 1914Penn State 22, Muhlenberg 0at Penn State

Every game is listed as played on the field.