1941 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1941 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2
Head coach
CaptainLenny Krouse
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Duquesne   –   8 – 0 – 0
Thiel   –   7 – 0 – 0
Saint Francis (PA)   –   6 – 0 – 1
No. 6 Fordham   –   8 – 1 – 0
Rochester   –   6 – 1 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   6 – 1 – 0
Wagner   –   5 – 1 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   7 – 2 – 0
Temple   –   7 – 2 – 0
Coast Guard   –   6 – 2 – 0
Norwich   –   6 – 2 – 0
Hofstra   –   5 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   7 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 2 – 1
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   4 – 2 – 1
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
La Salle   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 0
Army   –   5 – 3 – 1
CCNY   –   4 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 4 – 0
Manhattan   –   4 – 4 – 1
Holy Cross   –   4 – 4 – 2
Colgate   –   3 – 3 – 2
Providence   –   3 – 3 – 2
Buffalo   –   3 – 4 – 1
Massachusetts State   –   3 – 4 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 6 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 6 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 7 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   1 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Penn State Nittany Lions football team was an American football team that represented the Pennsylvania State College as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach Bob Higgins, the team compiled a 7–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 200 to 78.[1]

Penn State's Len Krouse was selected by the Associated Press as a second-team back on the 1941 All-Eastern football team.[2]

Penn State was ranked at No. 41 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[3]

The team played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4at Colgate
L 0–713,000[4]
October 11Bucknelldagger
W 27–1316,000[5]
October 18at Temple
L 0–1425,000[6]
October 25Lehigh
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 40–612,000[7]
October 31at NYU
W 42–010,691[8]
November 8No. 18 Syracuse
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 34–1916,000[9]
November 15West Virginia
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 7–011,000[10][11]
November 22at Pittsburgh
W 31–733,000[12]
November 29at South Carolina
W 19–1212,000[13]
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1941 Penn State Nittany Lions Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "MacKinney and Peabody on A.P. Eastern Eleven". The Boston Daily Globe. December 5, 1941. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Colgate Defeats Penn State, 7-0". New York Daily News. October 5, 1941. p. 39C – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Penn State Downs Bucknell: Lions Spurt To Overcome Bisons, 27-13". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 12, 1941. p. 2S – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Stan Baumgartner (October 19, 1941). "Temple Stops State: Sutch and Tomasic Lead Owls To 14-0 Victory Over Lions". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Penn State Times Lehigh, 40-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 26, 1941. p. 2S – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Jack Smith (November 1, 1941). "State Smothers Violets, 42-0". New York Daily News. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Fred Byrod (November 9, 1941). "Penn State Sinks Syracuse, 34-19". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Penn State Aerial Turns Back West Virginia, 7 to 0". The Pittsburgh Press. November 16, 1941. p. III-11 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Penn State Topples West Virginia". The Sunday News (Lancaster, Pennsylvania). November 16, 1941. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Chester L. Smith (November 23, 1941). "Penn State Crushes Pitt, 31-7, In Stadium Upset: 'Pepper' Petrella Hero In Great Win". The Pittsburgh Press. p. III-9 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Penn State Rolls Over South Carolina Gamecocks, 19-12". Greenville News. November 30, 1941. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.