1944 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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1944 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
1944 record6–3
Head coach
Captain John R. Chuckran
Home stadium New Beaver Field
Seasons
  1943
1945  
1944 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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 the Pennsylvania State University in the 1944 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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30 Muhlenberg W 58–132,799
October 7at Navy L 14–55
October 14 Bucknell Dagger-14-plain.png
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 20–64,753 [2]
October 21at Colgate W 6–03,000 [3]
October 28 West Virginia
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
L 27–285,534
November 4at Syracuse W 41–0
November 11at Temple W 7–612,000 [4]
November 18 Maryland
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 34–19
November 25at Pittsburgh L 0–148,840
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. "Penn State Beats Bucknell, 20-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. October 15, 1944. p. S3 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "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.
  4. Baumgartner, Stan (November 12, 1944). "Penn State Beats Temple". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 14 via Newspapers.com.