1937 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1937 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State College in the 1937 college football season.[1] The team was led by eighth-year head coach Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1937 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
1937 record5–3
Head coach
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
1937 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Pittsburgh      9 0 1
No. 6 Villanova      8 0 1
No. 3 Fordham      7 0 1
No. 7 Dartmouth      7 0 2
No. T–14 Holy Cross      8 0 2
St. Thomas (PA)      6 1 1
No. 12 Yale      6 1 1
Army      7 2 0
Cornell      5 2 1
Harvard      5 2 1
Syracuse      5 2 1
No. 12 Manhattan      6 3 1
Penn State      5 3 0
Duquesne      6 4 0
Brown      5 4 0
NYU      5 4 0
Temple      3 2 4
Boston College      4 4 1
Bucknell      3 3 2
Buffalo      4 4 0
Princeton      4 4 0
Tufts      3 4 1
Colgate      3 5 0
Columbia      2 5 2
Hofstra      2 4 0
Carnegie Tech      2 5 1
Penn      2 5 1
La Salle      2 7 0
Massachusetts State      1 7 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 25at CornellL 19–26
October 2GettysburgW 32–6
October 9Bucknell
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 20–14
October 16Lehigh
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 14–7
October 30at SyracuseL 13–19
November 6at PennW 7–0
November 13Maryland
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 21–14
November 20at No. 1 PittsburghL 7–28
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
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