1942 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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1942 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 19
1942 record6–1–1
Head coach
  • Bob Higgins (13th season)
CaptainLou Palazzi
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   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
Villanova     4 4 0
Vermont     4 3 0
Carnegie Tech     3 3 0
Boston University     4 5 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
CCNY     1 7 1
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Bucknell
W 14–710,303
October 10at Lehigh
W 19–37,000[2]
October 17at CornellT 0–05,000
October 24Colgatedagger
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 13–1011,510
October 31at West Virginia
L 0–2412,000
November 7Syracuse
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 18–138,856
November 14at No. 17 Penn
W 13–750,000
November 21Pittsburgh
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 14–611,710
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "Penn State Drive Downs Lehigh, 19-3". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 11, 1942. p. S3.
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