1938 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1938 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1938 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1938 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
1938 record3–4–1
Head coach
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
1938 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 18 Villanova      8 0 1
No. 9 Holy Cross      8 1 0
Boston College      6 1 2
No. 15 Fordham      6 1 2
No. 12 Cornell      5 1 1
Army      8 2 0
No. 8 Pittsburgh      8 2 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech      7 2 0
No. 20 Dartmouth      7 2 0
Brown      5 3 0
Bucknell      5 3 0
Syracuse      5 3 0
Penn      3 2 3
Manhattan      5 4 0
Harvard      4 4 0
La Salle      4 4 0
NYU      4 4 0
Penn State      3 4 1
Princeton      3 4 1
Hofstra      2 3 1
Duquesne      4 6 0
Temple      3 6 1
Columbia      3 6 0
Massachusetts State      3 6 0
Colgate      2 5 0
Buffalo      2 6 0
Yale      2 6 0
Tufts      1 6 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 1MarylandW 33–0
October 8Bucknell
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
L 0–14
October 15at LehighW 59–6
October 22at CornellL 6–21
October 29Syracuse
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 33–6
November 5Lafayette
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
L 0–7
November 12at PennT 7–7
November 19at No. 5 PittsburghL 0–26
  • 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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