1952 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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1952 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2–1
Head coach
CaptainJoe Gratson, Stewart Scheetz
Home stadium New Beaver Field
Seasons
←  1951
1953  →
1952 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Rochester  – 8 –0 –0
Hofstra  – 8 –1 –0
No. 19 Princeton  – 8 –1 –0
Franklin & Marshall  – 7 –1 –0
Villanova  – 7 –1 –1
Holy Cross  – 8 –2 –0
Yale  – 7 –2 –0
Penn State  – 7 –2 –1
No. 14 Syracuse  – 7 –3 –0
Bucknell  – 6 –3 –0
Colgate  – 6 –3 –0
Pittsburgh  – 6 –3 –0
Carnegie Tech  – 4 –3 –0
Harvard  – 5 –4 –0
Boston University  – 5 –4 –1
Penn  – 4 –3 –2
Army  – 4 –4 –1
Boston College  – 4 –4 –1
Tufts  – 3 –4 –1
Drexel  – 3 –4 –0
Fordham  – 2 –5 –1
NYU  – 2 –5 –1
Columbia  – 2 –6 –1
Brown  – 2 –7 –0
Cornell  – 2 –7 –0
Dartmouth  – 2 –7 –0
Temple  – 2 –7 –1
Buffalo  – 1 –7 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 1952 college football season. The team was coached by Rip Engle and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 Temple
W 20–1315,889 [1]
September 27 Purdue
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
T 20–2020,506
October 4 William & Mary
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 35–2322,848 [2]
October 11at West Virginia No. 20
W 35–2118,500 [3]
October 18 Nebraska Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 19
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 10–028,551
October 25at No. 1 Michigan State No. 17
L 7–3451,162 [4]
November 1at No. 17 Penn
W 14–767,000 [5]
November 8at Syracuse No. 15
L 7–2516,000
November 15 Rutgers
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 7–615,957 [6]
November 22at No. 16 Pittsburgh
W 17–053,766 [7]
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ↑ Smith, Chester L. (September 21, 1952). "Lions Whip Temple, 20-13". The Pittsburgh Press . Pittsburgh, Pa. p. 61 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Penn State trims Indians, 35–23 in scoring battle". Tampa Sunday Tribune. October 5, 1952. Retrieved January 3, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Penn State beats W. Va. on Rados' passes, 35–21". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 12, 1952. Retrieved January 3, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ George S. Alderton (October 26, 1952). "Spartan '11' Entertains Grads, 34 to 7". Lansing State Journal. pp. 57, 61 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Hughes, Carl (November 2, 1952). "Nittany Lions Continue Mastery over Penn on Defensive Skill, 14-7". The Pittsburgh Press . Pittsburgh, Pa. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Hughes, Carl (November 16, 1952). "Penn State Rallies to Nip Rutgers on Leonard's Extra Point, 7-6". The Pittsburgh Press . Pittsburgh, Pa. p. 62 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "State Upsets Pitt, 17–0". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. November 23, 1952. Retrieved October 10, 2024– via Newspapers.com.


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