1942 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1942 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State College in the 1942 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1942 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 19
1942 record6–1–1
Head coach
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
1942 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Williams      7 1 0
No. 19 Penn State      6 1 1
No. 8 Boston College      8 2 0
Buffalo      6 2 0
Bucknell      6 2 1
Colgate      6 2 1
Army      6 3 0
Syracuse      6 3 0
Duquesne      6 3 1
Yale      5 3 0
Fordham      5 3 1
Penn      5 3 1
No. T–19 Holy Cross      5 4 1
Dartmouth      5 4 0
Brown      4 4 0
Carnegie Tech      3 3 0
Villanova      4 4 0
Cornell      3 5 1
Princeton      3 5 1
Temple      2 5 3
Columbia      3 6 0
Pittsburgh      3 6 0
Tufts      2 5 1
Franklin & Marshall      1 4 2
Massachusetts State      2 5 0
Harvard      2 6 1
Drexel      2 6 0
Manhattan      2 6 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 3BucknellW 14–7
October 10at LehighW 19–3
October 17at CornellT 0–0
October 24Colgate
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 13–10
October 31at West VirginiaL 0–24
November 7Syracuse
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 18–13
November 14at No. 17 PennW 13–7
November 21Pittsburgh
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 14–6
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
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