Penn State vs. Pennsylvania

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

1. Penn State’s biggest win1958: Penn State 43, Pennsylvania 0by 43 points
2. Pennsylvania’s biggest win1899: Pennsylvania 47, Penn State 0by 47 points
3. Upset1927: Penn State 20, Pennsylvania 0Penn State had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1929: Penn State 19, Pennsylvania 7Penn State had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1937: Penn State 7, Pennsylvania 0Penn State had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
6. Ranked showdown1948: Penn State 13, Pennsylvania 0No. 14 Penn State at No. 7 Pennsylvania

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Penn State’s side (Hoskins 0–⁠3 against Woodruff). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1895 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Nov 9, 1895

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  1896 · The herald, Los Angeles [Calif.], Nov 15, 1896

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  1898 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Oct 2, 1898

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  1899 · New-York tribune, Nov 18, 1899

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  1900 · The Scranton tribune, Scranton, Pa., Oct 18, 1900

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Penn State vs. Pittsburgh99 meetings, Penn State 52–⁠43–⁠4
• Penn State vs. Syracuse71 meetings, Penn State 43–⁠23–⁠5
• Penn State vs. West Virginia61 meetings, Penn State 50–⁠9–⁠2
• Penn State vs. Maryland48 meetings, Penn State 44–⁠3–⁠1
• Pennsylvania vs. Cornell110 meetings, Pennsylvania 65–⁠40–⁠5
• Pennsylvania vs. Princeton95 meetings, Pennsylvania 31–⁠63–⁠1
• Pennsylvania vs. Columbia84 meetings, Pennsylvania 61–⁠22–⁠1
• Pennsylvania vs. Lafayette80 meetings, Pennsylvania 55–⁠21–⁠4