1940 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1940 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State College in the 1940 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1940 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
1940 record6–1–1
Head coachBob Higgins (11th season)
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
1940 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Boston College      11 0 0
Duquesne      7 1 0
No. 14 Penn      6 1 1
Penn State      6 1 1
No. 12 Fordham      7 2 0
No. 15 Cornell      6 2 0
Princeton      5 2 1
Columbia      5 2 2
Brown      6 3 1
Colgate      5 3 0
Harvard      3 2 3
Temple      4 4 1
Tufts      4 4 0
Villanova      4 5 0
Pittsburgh      3 4 1
Syracuse      3 4 1
Buffalo      3 5 0
Carnegie Tech      3 5 0
Manhattan      3 6 0
NYU      2 7 0
Yale      1 7 0
Army      1 7 1
Massachusetts State      1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
October 5Bucknell
W 9–0
October 12West Virginia
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 17–13
October 19at Lehigh
W 34–0
October 26at Temple
W 18–0
November 2South CarolinaNo. 18
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 12–0
November 9at SyracuseNo. 16T 13–13
November 16NYUNo. 20
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 25–0
November 23at PittsburghNo. 20
L 7–20
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
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