Jump to content

1939 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Jweiss11 (talk | contribs) at 04:56, 28 February 2023 (→Schedule: add ref for Bucknell game). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

1939 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1–2
Head coach
CaptainSpike Alter
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Cornell   –   8 – 0 – 0
No. 10 Duquesne   –   8 – 0 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 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

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.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7Bucknell
W 13–311,143[2]
October 14Lehighdagger
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 49–79,149[3]
October 21at No. 12 Cornell
L 0–477,500[4]
October 28at Syracuse
T 6–616,000
November 4Maryland
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 12–07,690
November 11at Penn
W 10–040,000
November 18at Army
T 14–147,412
November 25Pittsburgh
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 10–020,000
  • daggerHomecoming
  • 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. ^ "Lion Eleven Will Drill To Correct Faults". Centre Daily Times. October 9, 1939. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Penn State Attack Routs Lehigh, 49-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 15, 1939. p. S3.
  4. ^ "Ohio State Game Beckons Cornell After Lion Rout". The Ithaca Journal. October 23, 1939. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
Stub icon

This college football 1939 season article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article about a sports team in Pennsylvania is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=1939_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team&oldid=1142037827"