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Penn State vs Rutgers Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Penn State and Rutgers.

PROGRAM ONEPenn State33 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD33–2WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWORutgers2 recorded wins
35Recorded meetings
1918Earliest documented
2025Most recent season
0Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

35 games
  1. 1918
    Penn State3 — 26Rutgers
    Nov 9, 1918Rutgers won
  2. 1950
    Penn State18 — 14Rutgers
    Nov 18, 1950Penn State won
  3. 1951
    Penn State13 — 7Rutgers
    Nov 17, 1951Penn State won
  4. 1952
    Penn State7 — 6Rutgers
    Nov 15, 1952Penn State won
  5. 1953
    Penn State54 — 26Rutgers
    Nov 14, 1953Penn State won
  6. 1954
    Penn State37 — 14Rutgers
    Nov 13, 1954Penn State won
  7. 1955
    Penn State34 — 13Rutgers
    Nov 12, 1955Penn State won
  8. 1977
    Penn State45 — 7Rutgers
    Sep 2, 1977Penn State won
  9. 1978
    Penn State26 — 10Rutgers
    Sep 9, 1978Penn State won
  10. 1979
    Penn State45 — 10Rutgers
    Sep 15, 1979Penn State won
  11. 1982
    Penn State49 — 14Rutgers
    Sep 18, 1982Penn State won
  12. 1983
    Penn State36 — 25Rutgers
    Oct 1, 1983Penn State won
  13. 1984
    Penn State15 — 12Rutgers
    Sep 8, 1984Penn State won
  14. 1985
    Penn State17 — 10Rutgers
    Sep 28, 1985Penn State won
  15. 1986
    Penn State31 — 6Rutgers
    Oct 4, 1986Penn State won
  16. 1987
    Penn State35 — 21Rutgers
    Oct 10, 1987Penn State won
  17. 1988
    Penn State16 — 21Rutgers
    Sep 24, 1988Rutgers won
  18. 1989
    Penn State17 — 0Rutgers
    Oct 7, 1989Penn State won
  19. 1990
    Penn State28 — 0Rutgers
    Sep 22, 1990Penn State won
  20. 1991
    Penn State37 — 17Rutgers
    Oct 19, 1991Penn State won
  21. 1992
    Penn State38 — 24Rutgers
    Oct 3, 1992Penn State won
  22. 1993
    Penn State31 — 7Rutgers
    Sep 25, 1993Penn State won
  23. 1994
    Penn State55 — 27Rutgers
    Sep 24, 1994Penn State won
  24. 1995
    Penn State59 — 34Rutgers
    Sep 23, 1995Penn State won
  25. 2014
    Penn State13 — 10Rutgers
    Sep 14, 2014Penn State wonHigh Point Solutions Stadium
  26. 2015
    Penn State28 — 3Rutgers
    Sep 20, 2015Penn State wonBeaver Stadium
  27. 2016
    Penn State39 — 0Rutgers
    Nov 20, 2016Penn State wonHigh Point Solutions Stadium
  28. 2017
    Penn State35 — 6Rutgers
    Nov 11, 2017Penn State wonBeaver Stadium
  29. 2018
    Penn State20 — 7Rutgers
    Nov 17, 2018Penn State wonHigh Point Solutions Stadium
  30. 2019
    Penn State27 — 6Rutgers
    Nov 30, 2019Penn State wonBeaver Stadium
  31. 2020
    Penn State23 — 7Rutgers
    Dec 5, 2020Penn State wonSHI Stadium
  32. 2021
    Penn State28 — 0Rutgers
    Nov 20, 2021Penn State wonBeaver Stadium
  33. 2022
    Penn State55 — 10Rutgers
    Nov 19, 2022Penn State wonSHI Stadium
  34. 2023
    Penn State27 — 6Rutgers
    Nov 18, 2023Penn State wonBeaver Stadium
  35. 2025
    Penn State40 — 36Rutgers
    Nov 29, 2025Penn State wonSHI Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2025Penn State vs Rutgers40–36Penn State won
2023Penn State vs Rutgers27–6Penn State won
2022Penn State vs Rutgers55–10Penn State won
2021Penn State vs Rutgers28–0Penn State won
2020Penn State vs Rutgers23–7Penn State won
2019Penn State vs Rutgers27–6Penn State won
2018Penn State vs Rutgers20–7Penn State won
2017Penn State vs Rutgers35–6Penn State won
2016Penn State vs Rutgers39–0Penn State won
2015Penn State vs Rutgers28–3Penn State won
2014Penn State vs Rutgers13–10Penn State won
1995Penn State vs Rutgers59–34Penn State won
1994Penn State vs Rutgers55–27Penn State won
1993Penn State vs Rutgers31–7Penn State won
1992Penn State vs Rutgers38–24Penn State won
1991Penn State vs Rutgers37–17Penn State won
1990Penn State vs Rutgers28–0Penn State won
1989Penn State vs Rutgers17–0Penn State won
1988Penn State vs Rutgers16–21Rutgers won
1987Penn State vs Rutgers35–21Penn State won
1986Penn State vs Rutgers31–6Penn State won
1985Penn State vs Rutgers17–10Penn State won
1984Penn State vs Rutgers15–12Penn State won
1983Penn State vs Rutgers36–25Penn State won
1982Penn State vs Rutgers49–14Penn State won
1979Penn State vs Rutgers45–10Penn State won
1978Penn State vs Rutgers26–10Penn State won
1977Penn State vs Rutgers45–7Penn State won
1955Penn State vs Rutgers34–13Penn State won
1954Penn State vs Rutgers37–14Penn State won
1953Penn State vs Rutgers54–26Penn State won
1952Penn State vs Rutgers7–6Penn State won
1951Penn State vs Rutgers13–7Penn State won
1950Penn State vs Rutgers18–14Penn State won
1918Penn State vs Rutgers3–26Rutgers won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.