1951 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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1951 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainArt Betts, Len Shephard
Home stadium New Beaver Field
Seasons
  1950
1952  
1951 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Bucknell   9 0 0
No. 6 Princeton   9 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. [1] 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. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 Boston University W 40–3415,536
October 6vs. Villanova L 14–20
October 13at Nebraska W 15–739,000
October 20No. 3 Michigan State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
L 21–3230,684 [3]
October 27 West Virginia
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 13–717,206
November 3at Purdue L 0–2821,000
November 10 Syracuse
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 32–1316,612
November 17at Rutgers W 13–715,000 [4]
November 24at Pittsburgh L 7–1322,771
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1950–1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  2. "Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings". The Nashville Banner. December 14, 1951. p. 49 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Carl Hughes (October 21, 1951). "Michigan State's Second-Half Rally Beats Lions, 32-21". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 61 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.