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. Share
- 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
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–2 |
- 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
- Muhlenberg’s biggest win1933: Muhlenberg 3, Penn State 0by 3 points
- Penn State’s biggest win1944: Penn State 58, Muhlenberg 13by 45 points
- Upset1933: Muhlenberg 3, Penn State 0Muhlenberg had a 16% 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

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, 1945 | Penn State 47, Muhlenberg 7 | at Penn State | ||
| Sep 30, 1944 | Penn State 58, Muhlenberg 13 | at Penn State | ||
| Oct 3, 1936 | Penn State 45, Muhlenberg 0 | at Penn State | ||
| Oct 14, 1933 | Muhlenberg 3, Penn State 0 | at Penn State | ||
| Sep 25, 1920 | Penn State 27, Muhlenberg 7 | at Penn State | ||
| Oct 3, 1914 | Penn State 22, Muhlenberg 0 | at Penn State |
Every game is listed as played on the field.