1947 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1947 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Cotton Bowl, T 13-13 vs. SMU
Conference Independent
Ranking
AP No. 4
1947 record 9–0–1
Head coach Bob Higgins (18th season)
Home stadium New Beaver Field
1947 NCAA independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Notre Dame   –    9 –0 –0
Pepperdine   –    9 –0 –0
No. 4 Penn State   –    9 –0 –1
No. 7 Penn   –    7 –0 –1
Rutgers   –    8 –1 –0
Toledo   –    9 –2 –0
No. 11 Army   –    5 –2 –2
No. 20 Columbia   –    7 –2 –0
Michigan State   –    7 –2 –0
Nevada   –    7 –2 –0
Marshall   –    9 –3 –0
San Francisco   –    7 –3 –0
Virginia   –    7 –3 –0
Yale   –    6 –3 –0
Villanova   –    6 –3 –1
Detroit   –    6 –4 –0
West Virginia   –    6 –4 –0
Boston University   –    5 –3 –0
Princeton   –    5 –3 –0
Boston College   –    5 –4 –0
Western Michigan   –    5 –4 –0
Santa Clara   –    4 –4 –0
Dartmouth   –    4 –4 –1
Cal Poly San Dimas   –    4 –4 –1
Holy Cross   –    4 –4 –2
Harvard   –    4 –5 –0
Cornell   –    4 –5 –0
Marquette   –    4 –5 –0
Montana State   –    4 –5 –0
Georgetown   –    3 –4 –1
Syracuse   –    3 –6 –0
Loyola (CA)   –    3 –7 –0
Saint Mary's   –    3 –7 –0
NYU   –    2 –5 –1
Central Michigan   –    2 –5 –1
Temple   –    2 –6 –0
Miami (FL)   –    2 –7 –0
Duquesne   –    2 –8 –0
Michigan State Normal   –    1 –6 –0
Fordham   –    1 –6 –1
Portland   –    1 –7 –0
Navy   –    1 –7 –1
Pittsburgh   –    1 –8 –0
Drexel   –    0 –8 –0
Florida State   –    0 –5 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1947 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 20 vs. Washington State Hersheypark Stadium • Hershey, PA W 27–4  
October 4 Bucknell New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 54–0  
October 11 at Fordham No. 12 New York, NY W 75–0  
October 18 Syracusedagger No. 9 New Beaver Field • State College, PA (Rivalry) W 40–0  
October 25 West Virginia No. 9 New Beaver Field • State College, PA (Rivalry) W 21–14  
November 1 Colgate No. 7 New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 46–0  
November 8 at Temple No. 7 Temple Stadium • Philadelphia, PA W 7–0  
November 15 vs. Navy No. 8 Municipal Stadium • Baltimore, MD W 20–7  
November 22 at Pittsburgh No. 5 Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA (Rivalry) W 29–0  
January 1, 1948 vs. No. 4 SMU No. 5 Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl) T 13–13  
daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

References

  1. ↑ "Penn State Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
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