1920 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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1920 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Penn State Football 1920.jpg
ConferenceIndependent
1920 record7–0–2
Head coach
CaptainBill Hess
Home stadium New Beaver Field
Seasons
  1919
1921  
1920 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Boston College     800
Harvard     801
Princeton     601
Penn State     702
Pittsburgh     602
Army     720
Dartmouth     720
Cornell     620
Syracuse     621
Geneva     521
New Hampshire     521
Brown     630
Bucknell     630
Wash. & Jeff.     631
Penn     640
Carnegie Tech     530
Lafayette     530
Holy Cross     530
Williams     530
Yale     530
Fordham     430
Franklin & Marshall     322
Columbia     440
Duquesne     331
NYU     251
Rhode Island State     044
Tufts     260
Rutgers     270
Colgate     152
Villanova     151
Drexel     060

The 1920 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State College in the 1920 college football season. [1] Led by third-year head coach Hugo Bezdek, the team played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

The Lions were undefeated, but were tied in their final two games.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 Muhlenberg W 27–72,500
October 2 Gettysburg
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 13–02,500
October 9 Dartmouth Dagger-14-plain.png
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 14–76,000
October 16 NC State
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 41–03,500
October 23 Lebanon Valley
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 109–72,500
October 30at Penn W 28–730,000
November 6 Nebraska
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 20–09,000
November 13at Lehigh T 7–75,000
November 25at Pittsburgh T 0–032,500 [2]
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1920-1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. "Record Set By Crowd At State Game". The Gazette Times. November 27, 1920. p. 9 via Newspapers.com.