1951 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1951 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–4
Head coach	Rip Engle (2nd season)
Captain	Art Betts, Len Shephard
Home stadium	New Beaver Field
Seasons ←  1950 1952  →

1951 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Bucknell			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	0
Susquehanna			–					6	–	0	–	0
Trenton State			–					6	–	0	–	0
Northeastern			–					6	–	0	–	1
No. 19 Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					6	–	2	–	0
Hofstra			–					6	–	2	–	1
Cornell			–					6	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Boston University			–					6	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					6	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					5	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					5	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	4	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth			–					4	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					3	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	5	–	1
Boston College			–					3	–	6	–	0
Yale			–					2	–	5	–	2
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	7	–	0
Geneva			–					2	–	5	–	0
Army			–					2	–	7	–	0
Brown			–					2	–	7	–	0
NYU			–					1	–	7	–	0
Tufts			–					0	–	7	–	2
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1951 college football season. The team was coached by Rip Engle and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania. The team was ranked at No. 60 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Boston University	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 40–34	15,536
October 6	vs. Villanova	Allentown High Stadium Allentown, PA	L 14–20
October 13	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	W 15–7	39,000
October 20	No. 3 Michigan State	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	L 21–32	30,684	[2]
October 27	West Virginia	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 13–7	16,200–17,206	[3]
November 3	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 0–28	21,000
November 10	Syracuse	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 32–13	16,612
November 17	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 13–7	15,000	[4]
November 24	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 7–13	20,145–22,771	[5]
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings". The Nashville Banner. December 14, 1951. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Carl Hughes (October 21, 1951). "Michigan State's Second-Half Rally Beats Lions, 32-21". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 61 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Penn State whips strong West Virginia, 13–7". The Scrantonian. October 28, 1951. Retrieved December 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Penn State Victor, 13-7; Pollard Runs 75, 71 to Score". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. November 18, 1951. p. S7 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Chester L. Smith (November 25, 1951). "Chess' Late Score On 17–Yard Run Snaps Deadlock". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 39. Retrieved August 12, 2024– via Newspapers.com.