1931 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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1931 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–8
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Lasich
Home stadium New Beaver Field
Seasons
  1930
1932  
1931 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Bucknell   6 0 3
Colgate   8 1 0
No. 9 Pittsburgh   8 1 0
Cornell   7 1 0
Drexel   7 1 0
No. 7 Harvard   7 1 0
Temple   8 1 1
Columbia   7 1 1
Massachusetts State   7 1 1
Syracuse   7 1 1
Fordham   6 1 2
No. 8 Yale   5 1 2
Army   8 2 1
Franklin & Marshall   6 2 0
Manhattan   4 2 1
Brown   7 3 0
Providence   7 3 0
Penn   6 3 0
NYU   6 3 1
Boston College   6 4 0
Washington & Jefferson   6 4 0
Tufts   3 2 2
Villanova   4 3 2
La Salle   4 4 0
Duquesne   3 5 3
Carnegie Tech   3 5 1
CCNY   2 5 1
Boston University   2 7 0
Penn State   2 8 0
Princeton   1 7 0
Vermont   1 8 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1931 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1931 college football season. The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26 Waynesburg L 0–73,000
October 3 Lebanon Valley
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 19–64,000
October 10at Temple L 0–1220,000
October 17 Dickinson
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
L 6–105,000 [1]
October 24at Syracuse L 0–7
October 31 Pittsburgh Dagger-14-plain.png
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
L 6–417,000
November 7 Colgate
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
L 7–325,000 [2]
November 14at Lafayette L 0–33
November 21at West Virginia L 0–196,500
November 28vs. Lehigh
W 31–02,500
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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References

  1. "Dickinson Wins Over State, 10-6". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. October 18, 1931. p. 10. Retrieved September 14, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  2. "Colgate Swats Penn State Squad with Vicious Attack". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 8, 1931. p. Sports 1 via Newspapers.com.