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Perm State Fans Hope for Repitition of 1919 Victory
Pitt Holds 28-18 Lead
In Ancient Series
Many an old grad will let his mind wander back through
the years when the Blue and White of Penn State and the Blue
and Gold of Pitt meet in the 49th renewal of their ancient series
this afternoon in Pitt stadium. The picture will not be too pleasant.
The Panthers have dominated play for the past 36 years.
Since 1913, when Pitt won a "fluke" 7-6 decision over ihe
Lions, teams from ihe Nittany
Mountains have been able to
win but six contests. During the
same span, Pitt has had the
upper ■ hand no less than 25
limes. The Panthers have won
28 of the .48 games played to
date, and have the scoring edge,
587 to 463. Two games ended
in scoreless lies.
WIN ONE IN 23
If the current Penn State grid
iron picture looks bleak to some,
let them look back to the years
from 1913 to 1938, during which
time the Lions won but. one game
in 23 tries. Should these sceptics
look closely, they will find too
that the circumstances surround
ing that solitary bright spot in
those lean 26 years are similar to
those surrounding today’s clash.
That game, played in 1919.
was a toss-up, much as today s
contest is. Both teams had play
ed six games and lost but one,
although Pitt had been tied by
a Penn team which was beaten
by State. 10-0. The Lions top
pled Lehigh, 20-7; Pitt had
taken the Engineers by a 14-0
count. There wasn't too much
difference. The game could
have gone either way.
Pitt started fast, taking advan
tage of a fumble and a poor punt
to move to the Penn State five.
But a stout big white line held
and the Lions took over on
downs. At this point quarterback
Harry Robb decided to gamble.
Robb picked the right spot, for at
this point the element in sport
that makes a man a “bum” if he’s
wrong apd a hero if he’s right
was working on his side. He sent
fullback Harold Hess into the end
zone with instructions to fake a
punt and then pass. Hess followed
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through and the course of the ball
game and Pitt-Penn State grid
history was altered.
Bob Higgins, who retired as
Penn State football coach last
year, broke from his position at
right end as if to streak down
field to cover the punt. He
checked himself at the 25 and
took Hess' pass. Only one man
stood between him and the goal
line. Ben Cubbage. a tackle,
relieved that situation and Hig
was off for the distance.
Pitt was stunned and while the
Panthers staggered from the
blow, Hess, slashing victoriously
off tackle and guard, paced a
38-yard drive that resulted in an
other TD. State led, 14-0, at half
time.
Little Charley "Gang" Way.
a 138-pound dynamo, tallied an
insurance touchdown on ihe
first play from scrimmage in.
the second half. The shifty,
fleet-footed halfback shot off
left tackle, through a maze of
Pitt defenders and didn't stop
until he crossed the double
marker 47 yards away. Way's
romp made the score 20-0 and
that's the way it stood despite
a desperation drive by ihe daz
ed Panthers late in the final
period.
ONE LOSS IN 5 YEARS
That defeat was only the sec
ond suffered by Pitt over a length
of five years. It was during this
time that the first great Pitt ma
chines were being assembled by
the immortal Pop Warner.
The victory broke a six-game
spell Pitt held over State. It
was fortunate indeed that ihe
Lions were able to win that
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one. For ihe following 16
games, ihe Blue and White
garnered nary a win, although
they battled through the mud
to scoreless lies in 1920 and '2l.
Pitt scored 338 points to Stale's
58 during these years.
Jock Sutherland, the great pro
ponent of the power-laden single
wing formation, took over the
coaching duties at Pitt in 1924.
The Panther machine rumbled
into high gear during the 15-year
reign of the durable- Scott, drop
ping only 20 games and tying 11.
Four times during the Sutherland
era the Panthers went to the Rose
Bowl.
Pitt de-emphasized football
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in 1939, Sutherland departed
and State look advantage of
the situation to mark up its
first win since that memorable
November day in, 1919. The
Lions jumped to an early lead,
recovering a fumble and driv
ing 21 yards in three plays for
the score. Bill Smaltz plunged
for the touchdown, Jim Patrick
kicked a 23-yard field goal'‘to
make things a bit more com
fortable and Slate walked off
the field a 10-0 winner.
The series has been give and
take for the past ten years, each
team having won five. Pitt re
covered its winning stride in
1940, but State rode on top from
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1941 to 1943, only to have the
Panthers rise up and cop the next
three classics, including a 14-7
decision in 1940 that cost the
Lions a bowl bid.
BOWL-BOUND
A Cotton Bewl-bound Nit
iany eleven roared to its biggest
victory since 1912 when it re
gistered a 29-0 triumph in the
47 game. A few will forget last
year's game when Fran Rogel
stormed up and down the field,
hitting the Pitt line with the
.force of a rolling butcher's
block, only to have tackle Nick
Bolkovac intercept a pass and
race 23 yards for the game s
only score.
That touchdown broke a 17-
game unbeaten string fashioned
by the Nittany Lions. It also
stunned a crowd of 51,000.
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