(WHTM)-- On October 1, 1927, the first radio broadcast of a Penn State football game is carried over the local college station, WPSC.

Penn State football assistant coach Larry Conover described the action in the 34-13 win over Gettysburg. Conover would then go on to broadcast four more games from New Beaver Field (now called Beaver Stadium) in the 1927 season.

The Nittany Lions would go on to finish the 1927 season under head coach Hugo Bazdek 6-2-1. According to Sports Reference, the Nittany Lions scored a total of 163 points, averaging 18.1 points per game, during the 1927 season, and allowed around 81 total points to be scored against them.

Back then, the Nittany Lions would typically face in-state schools, which is more uncommon in this day and age. Penn State would frequently play

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