1945 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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1945 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
CaptainNone
Home stadium New Beaver Field
Seasons
  1944
1946  
1945 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Army   9 0 0
Franklin & Marshall   4 0 1
No. 20 Columbia   8 1 0
Temple   7 1 0
No. 16 Holy Cross   8 2 0
Tufts   4 1 0
No. 8 Penn   6 2 0
Yale   6 3 0
Massachusetts State   2 1 1
Harvard   5 3 0
Penn State   5 3 0
Cornell   5 4 0
Villanova   4 4 0
Boston College   3 4 0
Brown   3 4 1
Colgate   3 4 1
Princeton   2 3 2
NYU   3 4 0
Pittsburgh   3 7 0
Bucknell   2 5 0
Drexel   2 5 0
Dartmouth   1 6 1
Syracuse   1 6 0
Boston University   0 5 0
CCNY   0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1945 college football season. [1] The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 Muhlenberg W 47–75,048
October 6 Colgate Dagger-14-plain.png
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 27–79,619 [2]
October 13at No. 2 Navy L 0–2816,148
October 20at Bucknell W 46–75,319–7,500 [3]
November 3 Syracuse
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 26–08,505
November 10 Temple
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 27–013,135 [4]
November 17at Michigan State No. 12L 0–33
November 24at Pittsburgh L 0–711,354 [5]
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP 12

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References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. "Colgate Trimmed by Penn State". The Pittsburgh Press . Pittsburgh, Pa. United Press. October 7, 1945. p. 34 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Penn State Routs Bucknell; Lang Tallies Pair, Passes for 2". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. October 21, 1945. p. S2 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Shriver, Tom (November 11, 1945). "Penn State Cuts Loose with 27-0 Win over Temple". Sunday Call-Chronicle . Allentown, Pa. p. 11 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Keck, Harry (November 25, 1945). "Robinson Races 90 Yards to Score". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. Section 2–5. Retrieved September 11, 2023 via Newspapers.com.