1954 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1954 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1954 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Rip Engle and played its home games in New Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.

1954 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
APNo. 20
1954 record7–2
Head coach
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
1954 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Carnegie Tech      7 0 1
Boston College      8 1 0
Boston University      7 2 0
Hofstra      7 2 0
No. 20 Penn State      7 2 0
Tufts      6 2 0
Brown      6 2 1
Drexel      5 2 0
Bucknell      6 3 0
Colgate      5 2 2
Princeton      5 3 1
Yale      5 3 1
Cornell      5 4 0
Harvard      4 3 1
Syracuse      4 4 0
Pittsburgh      4 5 0
Franklin & Marshall      3 5 0
Temple      3 5 0
Dartmouth      3 6 0
Holy Cross      3 7 0
Buffalo      2 7 0
Fordham      1 7 1
Columbia      1 8 0
Villanova      1 9 0
Penn      0 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 25at No. 6 IllinoisW 14–12
October 2at SyracuseNo. 10W 13–0
October 9VirginiaNo. 12W 34–7
October 16No. 14 West VirginiaNo. 9
  • New Beaver Field
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
L 14–19
October 23at No. 20 TCUL 7–20
October 30at PennW 35–13
November 6Holy Cross
  • New Beaver Field
  • University Park, PA
W 39–7
November 13Rutgers
  • New Beaver Field
  • University Park, PA
W 37–14
November 20at PittsburghW 13–0
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
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