1948 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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1948 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 18
Record7–1–1
Head coach
CaptainJoe Colone
Home stadium New Beaver Field
Seasons
←  1947
1949  →
1948 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Army  – 8 –0 –1
No. 19 Cornell  – 8 –1 –0
Penn State  – 7 –1 –1
Buffalo  – 6 –1 –1
Villanova  – 8 –2 –1
Brown  – 7 –2 –0
Boston University  – 6 –2 –0
Dartmouth  – 6 –2 –0
Boston College  – 5 –2 –2
Pittsburgh  – 6 –3 –0
Penn  – 5 –3 –0
Franklin & Marshall  – 5 –3 –1
Harvard  – 4 –4 –0
Princeton  – 4 –4 –0
Columbia  – 4 –5 –0
Yale  – 4 –5 –0
CCNY  – 3 –4 –1
Tufts  – 3 –4 –1
Colgate  – 3 –6 –0
Fordham  – 3 –6 –0
NYU  – 3 –6 –0
Temple  – 2 –6 –1
Duquesne  – 2 –7 –0
Carnegie Tech  – 1 –7 –0
Hofstra  – 0 –6 –2
Bucknell  – 1 –8 –0
Syracuse  – 1 –8 –0
Drexel  – 0 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1948 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
October 2 Bucknell
W 35–014,423 [2]
October 8at Syracuse No. 10
W 34–1414,000
October 16 West Virginia No. 9
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 37–717,814
October 23No. 19 Michigan State Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 8
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
T 14–1424,579
October 30at Colgate No. 12
W 32–1310,000 [3]
November 6at No. 7 Penn No. 14
W 13–071,180–78,205 [4]
November 13 Temple No. 5
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 47–016,555 [5]
November 20at Pittsburgh No. 6
L 0–749,444
November 27at Washington State No. 18
W 7–018,000 [6] [7] [8]
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP 10 (2)9 (1)8 (1)12 (1)14 (1)5 (1)6 (3)1818

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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. ↑ "Penn State Wins, 35 to 0, over Bucknell". The Pittsburgh Press . Pittsburgh, Pa. October 3, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Penn State Tops Colgate". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. United Press. October 31, 1948. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Trost, Ralph (November 7, 1948). "78,205 See Penn State Top Penn, 13-0". Brooklyn Eagle . Brooklyn, N.Y. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Baumgartner, Stan (November 14, 1948). "Penn State Routs Outclassed Temple". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Mud battle in the offing for Washington State, Penn State". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 27, 1948. p. 11.
  7. ↑ Jacobs, William (November 28, 1948). "Penn State wins, 7-0, over Wash. State". Pittsburgh Press. p. 27.
  8. ↑ Ashlock, Herb (November 29, 1948). "Sarboe & Co. safe; Penn State surprised". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 13.


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