1927 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1927 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–2–1
Head coach	Hugo Bezdek (10th season)
Captain	Johnny Roepke
Home stadium	New Beaver Field
Seasons ←  1926 1928  →

1927 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Tufts			–					8	–	0	–	0
Springfield			–					7	–	0	–	2
Washington & Jefferson			–					7	–	0	–	2
No. 6 Army			–					9	–	1	–	0
No. 2 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	1
Temple			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Yale			–					7	–	1	–	0
NYU			–					7	–	1	–	2
Princeton			–					6	–	1	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	1	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	2	–	1
Columbia			–					5	–	2	–	2
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	1
Colgate			–					4	–	2	–	3
CCNY			–					4	–	2	–	2
Lafayette			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	2
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	4	–	1
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					4	–	4	–	0
Cornell			–					3	–	3	–	2
Boston University			–					3	–	4	–	1
Drexel			–					3	–	5	–	1
Fordham			–					3	–	5	–	0
Brown			–					3	–	6	–	1
Vermont			–					2	–	6	–	0
Providence			–					1	–	4	–	2
Franklin & Marshall			–					1	–	7	–	1
Lehigh			–					1	–	7	–	1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1927 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1927 college football season. The team was coached by Hugo Bezdek and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Lebanon Valley	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 27–0	3,500
October 1	Gettysburg	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 34–13	4,000
October 8	Bucknell	New Beaver Field State College, PA	L 7–13	5,000	[1]
October 15	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 20–0	60,000
October 22	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	W 9–6	25,000
October 29	Lafayette	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 40–6	11,000
November 5	George Washington	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 13–0	3,500	[2]
November 12	NYU	New Beaver Field State College, PA	T 13–13	12,000	[3]
November 24	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 0–30	57,051	[4]
Homecoming

References

1. "Bucknell Tumbles State and Gets Sweet Revenge After 31 Years' Wait". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 9, 1927. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Nittany Lions are victors". The Pittsburgh Press. November 6, 1927. Retrieved February 13, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
3. "N.Y.U. still remains undefeated; Penn State holds Violets to tie". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 13, 1927. Retrieved February 6, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
4. Welsh, Regis M. (November 25, 1927). "Great Pitt Eleven Defeats State, 30-0". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.