1954 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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1954 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
APNo. 20
Record7–2
Head coach
CaptainDon Balthaser, Jim Garrity
Home stadium New Beaver Field
Seasons
  1953
1955  
1954 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Hobart   8 0 0
Juniata   8 0 0
Trinity (CT)   7 0 0
Worcester Tech   6 0 0
Carnegie Tech   7 0 1
Boston College   8 1 0
Boston University   7 2 0
Hofstra   7 2 0
No. 20 Penn State   7 2 0
Tufts   6 2 0
Brown   6 2 1
Drexel   5 2 0
Bucknell   6 3 0
Colgate   5 2 2
Princeton   5 3 1
Yale   5 3 1
Cornell   5 4 0
Harvard   4 3 1
Syracuse   4 4 0
Pittsburgh   4 5 0
Franklin & Marshall   3 5 0
Temple   3 5 0
Dartmouth   3 6 0
Holy Cross   3 7 0
Buffalo   2 7 0
Fordham   1 7 1
Columbia   1 8 0
Villanova   1 9 0
Penn   0 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1954 college football season. [1] The team was coached by Rip Engle and played its home games in New Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at No. 6 Illinois W 14–1254,094
October 2at Syracuse No. 10W 13–018,000
October 9 Virginia No. 12W 34–721,820 [2]
October 16No. 14 West Virginia Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 9
  • New Beaver Field
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
L 14–1932,221–32,384 [3]
October 23at No. 20 TCU L 7–2015,000
October 30at Penn W 35–1333,146 [4]
November 6 Holy Cross
  • New Beaver Field
  • University Park, PA
W 39–725,383 [5]
November 13 Rutgers
  • New Beaver Field
  • University Park, PA
W 37–1416,623 [6]
November 20at Pittsburgh W 13–047,266
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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  2. "Fleet Penn State runners key 34–7 decision over Virginia". The Greenville News. October 10, 1954. Retrieved January 5, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "West Virginia tops unbeaten Lions by 19–14". Sunday News. October 17, 1954. Retrieved January 5, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
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  5. Hughes, Carl (November 7, 1954). "Lions Crush Holy Cross, 39-7". The Pittsburgh Press . Pittsburgh, Pa. sect. 4, p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
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