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Ohio State vs. Pennsylvania

Ohio State and Pennsylvania first met in 1932 and have played 3 times; Ohio State leads the series 3–⁠0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Ohio State 3–⁠0, and Ohio State has won the last 3.

Ohio State wins
3
Pennsylvania wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1932
Longest streak
3 Ohio State
Current streak
3 Ohio State
Last 10 meetings
Ohio State 3–⁠0
Most recent
1953

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s2–⁠0
1950s1–⁠0
Average margin
12.7 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Ohio State
1–⁠0 Ohio State’s record at home
At Pennsylvania
0–⁠2 Pennsylvania’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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 Ohio State and Pennsylvania, 1932 on130015001700190019401960198020002020

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 1932 game: Pounding, Passing Ohio State Registers 1910 Win Over Penn, Held to Lone Scoring Threat

    1932 · Evening star, Nov 13, 1932

  • The Evening star's story of the 1953 game: Ohio State Edges Penn 12-6 Yale and Cornell Play Tx Blocked Punt Gives Penn State Upset Over Syracuse, 20 to Ia

    1953 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 18, 1953

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 17, 195317Ohio State 12, Pennsylvania 6at Pennsylvania
Nov 11, 1933Ohio State 20, Pennsylvania 7at Pennsylvania
Nov 12, 1932Ohio State 19, Pennsylvania 0at Ohio State

Every game is listed as played on the field.