1932 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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1932 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
1932 record2–5
Head coach
  • Bob Higgins (3rd season)
CaptainGeorge Collins
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
← 1931
1933 →
1932 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Colgate     9 0 0
Brown     7 1 0
Columbia     7 1 1
Pittsburgh     8 1 2
Army     8 2 0
Drexel     5 1 1
Massachusetts State     7 2 0
Villanova     7 2 0
Duquesne     7 2 1
Fordham     6 2 0
Penn     6 2 0
Temple     5 1 2
Tufts     5 1 2
Cornell     5 2 1
Franklin & Marshall     4 2 1
Boston College     4 2 2
La Salle     4 2 2
Harvard     5 3 0
NYU     5 3 0
Washington & Jefferson     5 3 1
Manhattan     6 3 2
Carnegie Tech     4 3 2
Bucknell     4 4 1
Syracuse     4 4 1
Princeton     2 2 3
Yale     2 2 3
Boston University     2 3 2
Vermont     2 4 1
CCNY     2 5 0
Penn State     2 5 0

The 1932 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1932 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1Lebanon Valley
W 27–02,500
October 8Waynesburg
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
L 6–74,000
October 15at Harvard
L 13–4620,000[2]
October 22Syracusedagger
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
L 6–126,000
October 29at ColgateHamilton, NYL 0–314,000
November 5Sewanee
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 18–65,500[3]
November 12at Temple
L 12–1315,000
  • daggerHomecoming

References[]

  1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1930-1934)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "Harvard Swamps Penn State, 46-13". The Pittsburgh Press. October 16, 1932. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "State comes back to down Sewanee". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 6, 1932. Retrieved August 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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