1939 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1939 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1939 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1939 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
1939 record5–1–2
Head coach
CaptainSpike Alter
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
1939 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Cornell    8 0 0
No. 10 Duquesne    8 0 1
Scranton    7 0 2
Princeton    7 1 0
La Salle    6 1 1
Penn State    5 1 2
No. 11 Boston College    9 2 0
No. 17 Fordham    6 2 0
Villanova    6 2 0
Boston University    5 3 0
Brown    5 3 1
Dartmouth    5 3 1
Hofstra    4 3 0
NYU    5 4 0
Pittsburgh    5 4 0
Harvard    4 4 0
Manhattan    4 4 0
Penn    4 4 0
Syracuse    3 3 2
Vermont    3 3 2
Tufts    3 4 1
Yale    3 4 1
Army    3 4 2
Bucknell    3 5 0
Carnegie Tech    3 5 0
Providence    3 5 0
Columbia    2 4 2
Massachusetts State    2 5 2
Colgate    2 5 1
Temple    2 7 0
CCNY    1 7 0
Buffalo    0 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7BucknellW 13–311,143
October 14Lehigh
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 49–79,149[2]
October 21at No. 12 CornellL 0–477,500[3]
October 28at SyracuseT 6–616,000
November 4Maryland
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 12–07,690
November 11at PennW 10–040,000
November 18at ArmyT 14–147,412
November 25Pittsburgh
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 10–020,000
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. "Penn State Attack Routs Lehigh, 49-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 15, 1939. p. S3.
  3. "Ohio State Game Beckons Cornell After Lion Rout". The Ithaca Journal. October 23, 1939. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
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