1951 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1951 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1951 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Rip Engle and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1951 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
1951 record5–4
Head coachRip Engle (2nd season)
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
1951 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Princeton      9 0 0
Northeastern      6 0 1
No. 19 Holy Cross      8 2 0
Carnegie Tech      6 2 0
Cornell      6 3 0
No. 16 Boston University      6 4 0
Temple      6 4 0
Columbia      5 3 0
Villanova      5 3 0
Fordham      5 4 0
Franklin & Marshall      5 4 0
Penn      5 4 0
Penn State      5 4 0
Syracuse      5 4 0
Colgate      4 5 0
Dartmouth      4 5 0
Drexel      3 4 0
Harvard      3 5 1
Boston College      3 6 0
Yale      2 5 2
Pittsburgh      3 7 0
Army      2 7 0
Brown      2 7 0
NYU      1 7 0
Tufts      0 7 2
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 29Boston UniversityW 40–34
October 6vs. Villanova
L 14–20
October 13at Nebraska
W 15–7
October 20No. 3 Michigan State
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, Pennsylvania (rivalry)
L 21–32
October 27West Virginia
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, Pennsylvania (rivalry)
W 13–7
November 3at PurdueL 0–28
November 10Syracuse
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, Pennsylvania (rivalry)
W 32–13
November 17at Rutgers
W 13–7
November 24at Pittsburgh
L 7–13
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1950–1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.


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