1944 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1944 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3
Head coach	Bob Higgins (15th season)
Captain	John R. Chuckran
Home stadium	New Beaver Field
Seasons ←  1943 1945  →

1944 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	0	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	1	–	0
Bucknell			–					7	–	2	–	1
Penn State			–					6	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					5	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					4	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	2	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					4	–	5	–	0
Brown			–					3	–	4	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	4	–	2
Syracuse			–					2	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					1	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					2	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					1	–	4	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					1	–	8	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 1944 college football season. The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games at New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	Muhlenberg	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 58–13	2,799
October 7	at Navy	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 14–55
October 14	Bucknell	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 20–6	4,753	[1]
October 21	at Colgate	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	W 6–0	3,000	[2]
October 28	West Virginia	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	L 27–28	5,534	[3]
November 4	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	W 41–0
November 11	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 7–6	12,000	[4]
November 18	Maryland	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 34–19		[5]
November 25	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 0–14	8,840	[6]
Homecoming

References

1. "Penn State Beats Bucknell, 20-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. October 15, 1944. p. S3 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Chuckran's 50-Yard Punt Return Sinks Colgate for Penn State, 6-0". Democrat and Chronicle . Rochester, N.Y. Associated Press. October 22, 1944. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
3. "West Virginia defeats Penn State, 28 to 27". The Portsmouth Star. October 29, 1944. Retrieved July 19, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
4. Baumgartner, Stan (November 12, 1944). "Penn State Beats Temple". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Penn State scores in every quarter to wallop Maryland, 34 to 19". The Baltimore Sun. November 19, 1944. Retrieved December 22, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
6. Keck, Harry (November 26, 1944). "Panthers Win On 93-Yard Run". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. Section 2-2. Retrieved August 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.