1944 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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1944 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
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 Pennsylvania State University in the 1944 college football season. [1] The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games at 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 [4]
November 4at Syracuse
W 41–0
November 11at Temple
W 7–612,000 [5]
November 18 Maryland
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 34–19 [6]
November 25at Pittsburgh
L 0–148,840 [7]
  • 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. ↑ "West Virginia defeats Penn State, 28 to 27". The Portsmouth Star. October 29, 1944. Retrieved July 19, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Baumgartner, Stan (November 12, 1944). "Penn State Beats Temple". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ 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.


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