1953 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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1953 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
1953 record6–3
Head coach
  • Rip Engle (4th season)
CaptainDon Malinak, Tony Rados
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 14 Army   –   7 – 1 – 1
Harvard   –   6 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 2 – 0
Hofstra   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   5 – 2 – 2
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 0
Boston College   –   5 – 3 – 1
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 1
Princeton   –   5 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   4 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   4 – 3 – 2
Holy Cross   –   5 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 4 – 1
Colgate   –   3 – 4 – 2
Columbia   –   4 – 5 – 0
Fordham   –   4 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 6 – 0
Drexel   –   2 – 3 – 1
Brown   –   3 – 5 – 1
Penn   –   3 – 5 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 5 – 1
Dartmouth   –   2 – 7 – 0
Buffalo   –   1 – 5 – 1
Bucknell   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1953 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Rip Engle and played its home games in New Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at Wisconsin
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
L 0–2048,374
October 3at Penn
L 7–1351,000[2]
October 10at Boston University
W 35–1312,338[3][4]
October 17Syracuse
W 20–1420,712
October 24TCUdagger
  • New Beaver Field
  • University Park, PA
W 27–2127,966
October 31West Virginia
  • New Beaver Field
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
L 19–2024,670
November 7Fordham
  • New Beaver Field
  • University Park, PA
W 28–2113,897[5]
November 14at Rutgers
W 54–269,500[6]
November 21at Pittsburgh
W 17–039,642
  • daggerHomecoming

References[]

  1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  2. ^ Smith, Chester L. (October 4, 1953). "Fourth-Quarter Pass Beats Penn State, 13-7". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. sect. 4, p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Nason, Jerry (October 11, 1953). "B. U. Crushed By Penn State, 35 to 13". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 57. Retrieved June 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. ^ "Penn State Wins, 35-13". Knoxville News Sentinel. Knoxville, Tennessee. United Press. October 11, 1953. p. 25. Retrieved June 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. ^ Keck, Harry (November 8, 1953). "Penn State Squeaks Past Fordham in 28-21 Thriller". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. Pittsburgh, Pa. sect. 3, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Burns, Joe (November 15, 1953). "Penn State Thumps Rutgers, 54-26, in Free Scoring Game". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
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