1955 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1955 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1955 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Rip Engle and played its home games in New Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.

1955 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
1955 record5–4
Head coach
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
1955 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Drexel      8 0 0
Carnegie Tech      5 1 1
Princeton      7 2 0
Yale      7 2 0
Tufts      5 2 0
Boston College      5 2 1
No. 20 Army      6 3 0
Colgate      6 3 0
No. 11 Pittsburgh      7 4 0
Holy Cross      6 4 0
Syracuse      5 3 0
Cornell      5 4 0
Penn State      5 4 0
Buffalo      4 4 1
Harvard      3 4 1
Dartmouth      3 6 0
Hofstra      3 6 0
Bucknell      2 6 1
Boston University      2 6 0
Franklin & Marshall      2 6 0
Brown      2 7 0
Columbia      1 8 0
Villanova      1 9 0
Temple      0 8 0
Penn      0 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 24Boston UniversityW 35–0
October 1at No. 6 ArmyNo. 18L 6–35
October 8vs. VirginiaW 26–7
October 15No. 8 Navy
  • New Beaver Field
  • University Park, Pennsylvania
L 14–34
October 22at No. 8 West VirginiaL 7–21
October 29at PennW 20–0
November 5No. 18 Syracuse
  • New Beaver Field
  • University Park, Pennsylvania (rivalry)
W 21–20
November 12at RutgersW 34–13
November 19No. 15 Pittsburgh
  • New Beaver Field
  • University Park, Pennsylvania (rivalry)
L 0–20
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
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