1939 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1939 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1939 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1939 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
1939 record5–1–2
Head coachBob Higgins (10th season)
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
1939 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Cornell      8 0 0
No. 10 Duquesne      8 0 1
Princeton      7 1 0
La Salle      6 1 1
Penn State      5 1 2
No. 11 Boston College      9 2 0
No. 17 Fordham      6 2 0
Villanova      6 2 0
Brown      5 3 1
NYU      5 4 0
Pittsburgh      5 4 0
Harvard      4 4 0
Manhattan      4 4 0
Penn      4 4 0
Syracuse      3 3 2
Tufts      3 4 1
Yale      3 4 1
Army      3 4 2
Carnegie Tech      3 5 0
Columbia      2 4 2
Massachusetts State      2 5 2
Colgate      2 5 1
Temple      2 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 7Bucknell
W 13–3
October 14Lehigh
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 49–7
October 21at No. 12 CornellL 0–47
October 28at SyracuseT 6–6
November 4Maryland
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 12–0
November 11at Penn
W 10–0
November 18at Army
T 14–14
November 25Pittsburgh
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 10–0
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 10, 2015.


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