1952 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1952 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–2–1
Head coach	Rip Engle (3rd season)
Captains	Joe Gratson Stewart Scheetz
Home stadium	New Beaver Field
Seasons ←  1951 1953  →

1952 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		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

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Temple		New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 20–13	15,889	[1]
September 27	Purdue		New Beaver Field State College, PA	T 20–20	20,506
October 4	William & Mary		New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 35–23	22,848	[2]
October 11	at West Virginia	No. 20	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	W 35–21	18,500	[3]
October 18	Nebraska	No. 19	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 10–0	28,551
October 25	at No. 1 Michigan State	No. 17	Macklin Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)	L 7–34	51,162	[4]
November 1	at No. 17 Penn		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 14–7	67,000	[5]
November 8	at Syracuse	No. 15	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 7–25	16,000
November 15	Rutgers		New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 7–6	15,957	[6]
November 22	at No. 16 Pittsburgh		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	W 17–0	53,766	[7]
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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.