1939 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1939 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
1939 record	5–1–2
Head coach	Bob Higgins (10th season)
Captain	Spike Alter
Home stadium	New Beaver Field
Seasons ←  1938 1940  →

1939 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Cornell			–					8	–	0	–	0
No. 10 Duquesne			–					8	–	0	–	1
Scranton			–					7	–	0	–	2
Princeton			–					7	–	1	–	0
La Salle			–					6	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	1	–	2
No. 11 Boston College			–					9	–	2	–	0
No. 17 Fordham			–					6	–	2	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	2	–	0
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	1
Dartmouth			–					5	–	3	–	1
Hofstra			–					4	–	3	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
Manhattan			–					4	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					4	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					3	–	3	–	2
Vermont			–					3	–	3	–	2
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Yale			–					3	–	4	–	1
Army			–					3	–	4	–	2
Bucknell			–					3	–	5	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	4	–	2
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	5	–	2
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	7	–	0
CCNY			–					1	–	7	–	0
Buffalo			–					0	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1939 college football season. ^[1] The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 7	Bucknell	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 13–3	11,143
October 14	Lehigh	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 49–7	9,149	[2]
October 21	at No. 12 Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–47	5,099
October 28	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	T 6–6	16,000
November 4	Maryland	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 12–0	7,690
November 11	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 10–0	40,000
November 18	at Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	T 14–14	7,412
November 25	Pittsburgh	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 10–0	20,000
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
2. "Penn State Attack Routs Lehigh, 49-7". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. October 15, 1939. p. S3.