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1963 Penn State Nittany Lions football
1963 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
Record	7–3
Head coach	Rip Engle (14th season);
Captain	Ralph Baker
Home stadium	Beaver Stadium
	Seasons ← 1962 1964 →

1963 NCAA University Division independents football records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 14 Memphis State		–		9	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Pittsburgh		–		9	–	1	–	0
No. 2 Navy		–		9	–	2	–	0
No. 12 Syracuse		–		8	–	2	–	0
Utah State		–		8	–	2	–	0
Oregon		–		8	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Penn State		–		7	–	3	–	0
Army		–		7	–	3	–	0
Air Force		–		7	–	4	–	0
Boston College		–		6	–	3	–	0
Buffalo		–		5	–	3	–	1
Southern Miss		–		5	–	3	–	1
Idaho		–		5	–	4	–	0
Villanova		–		5	–	4	–	0
Oregon State		–		5	–	5	–	0
San Jose State		–		5	–	5	–	0
Xavier		–		5	–	4	–	1
West Texas State		–		4	–	4	–	1
Florida State		–		4	–	5	–	1
Colgate		–		3	–	4	–	1
New Mexico State		–		3	–	6	–	1
Colorado State		–		3	–	7	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		3	–	7	–	0
Texas Western		–		3	–	7	–	0
Detroit		–		2	–	6	–	1
Holy Cross		–		2	–	6	–	1
Notre Dame		–		2	–	7	–	0
Pacific (CA)		–		2	–	8	–	0
Houston		–		2	–	8	–	0
Boston University		–		1	–	6	–	1
Dayton		–		1	–	7	–	2

Rankings from Coaches Poll

The 1963 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fourteenth-year head coach Rip Engle, the Nittany Lions were 7–3 and were 16th in the final coaches' poll. Home games were played on campus at Beaver Stadium in University Park; Penn State was independent in football until 1993.

The Nittany Lions were led on the field in 1963 by fifth-year senior quarterback Pete Liske,^[1]^[2] who had been selected in the NFL and AFL drafts the previous December and went on to play a dozen seasons in pro football. The regular season finale against rival Pittsburgh was postponed two weeks following the assassination of President Kennedy.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Although scoring was off in the 1963 season, the team's defense, headed by 230-pound middle guard (nose tackle in a five man line) Glenn Ressler,^[6] was particularly stout, giving up just 92 points in the first 9 games of the season. The Nittany Lions came within a single point of an upset victory over Pitt in the season finale.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	at Oregon		Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 17–7	30,355	^[1]^[2]
September 28	UCLA		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	W 17–14	34,800	^[7]^[8]
October 5	Rice		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	W 28–7	38,200	^[9]
October 12	Army	No. 9	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	L 7–10	48,850	^[10]
October 19	at Syracuse		Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 0–9	39,687	^[11]
October 26	West Virginia		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)	W 20–9	45,750	^[12]
November 2	at Maryland		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)	W 17–15	35,500	^[13]
November 9	at No. 10 Ohio State		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (rivalry)	W 10–7	83,519	^[14]
November 16	Holy Cross		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	W 28–14	24,200	^[15]
December 7	at No. 4 Pittsburgh		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 21–22	52,349	^[3]^[4]^[5]
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

^ ^a ^b Uhrhammer, Jerry (September 20, 1963). "Ducks open against Penn State". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 3B.
^ ^a ^b Uhrhammer, Jerry (September 22, 1963). "Penn State outpunches Oregon in opener, 17-7". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1B.
^ ^a ^b Jordan, Jimmy (November 22, 1963). "57,331 sellout for Pitt-Penn State tilt". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 25.
^ ^a ^b Jordan, Jimmy (December 7, 1963). "55,000 to see Pitt battle Penn State at stadium today". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 12.
^ ^a ^b "Pitt rallies to edge Penn State 22-21". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania. UPI. December 8, 1963. p. 40.
^ Dave Leherr, "Ressler Sparks Penn State's Defensive Line," Somerset [PA] Daily American, Nov. 21, 1963, p. 6.
^ "Penn State edges UCLA on field goal, 17-14". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania. Associated Press. September 29, 1963. p. 59.
^ McHugh, Roy (September 29, 1963). "Penn State squeezes". Pittsburgh Press. p. 1, sec. 4.
^ "Penn State gridders trounce Rice by 28-7". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania. Associated Press. October 6, 1963. p. 57.
^ "Army hands Penn State first defeat, 10-7". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania. UPI. October 13, 1963. p. 63.
^ "Syracuse shuts out Penn State". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania. UPI. October 20, 1963. p. 53.
^ "Weber nets TD as Penn State defeats Mounts". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania. UPI. October 27, 1963. p. 33.
^ "Penn State edges Maryland in 17-15 battle". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania. UPI. November 3, 1963. p. 41.
^ "Underdog Penn State nips Ohio State, 10-7". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania. UPI. November 10, 1963. p. 34.
^ "Penn State trounces Holy Cross". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania. UPI. November 17, 1963. p. 37.