1945 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1945 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
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Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
← 1944
1946 →
1945 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   4 – 0 – 1
No. 20 Columbia   –   8 – 1 – 0
Temple   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 16 Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Tufts   –   4 – 1 – 0
No. 8 Penn   –   6 – 2 – 0
Yale   –   6 – 3 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 1 – 1
Harvard   –   5 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   3 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   3 – 4 – 1
Colgate   –   3 – 4 – 1
Princeton   –   2 – 3 – 2
NYU   –   3 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 7 – 0
Bucknell   –   2 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   2 – 5 – 0
Dartmouth   –   1 – 6 – 1
Syracuse   –   1 – 6 – 0
Boston University   –   0 – 5 – 0
CCNY   –   0 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1945 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Muhlenberg
W 47–75,048
October 6Colgatedagger
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 27–79,619[2]
October 13at No. 2 Navy
L 0–2816,148
October 20at Bucknell
W 46–75,319–7,500[3]
November 3Syracuse
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 26–08,505
November 10Temple
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 27–013,135[4]
November 17at Michigan StateNo. 12
L 0–33
November 24at Pittsburgh
L 0–711,354[5]
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1945 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP—————12———

References

  1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "Colgate Trimmed by Penn State". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. United Press. October 7, 1945. p. 34 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Penn State Routs Bucknell; Lang Tallies Pair, Passes for 2". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. October 21, 1945. p. S2 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Shriver, Tom (November 11, 1945). "Penn State Cuts Loose with 27-0 Win over Temple". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Keck, Harry (November 25, 1945). "Robinson Races 90 Yards to Score". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. Section 2–5. Retrieved September 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.


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