1924 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1924 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State College in the 1924 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Hugo Bezdek and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1924 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3–1
Head coach
CaptainBas Gray
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
← 1923
1925 →
1924 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Dartmouth     7 0 1
No. 3 Yale     6 0 2
No. 8 Penn     9 1 1
Rutgers     7 1 1
Bucknell     8 2 0
Lafayette     7 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     7 2 0
Holy Cross     7 1 1
Army     5 1 2
Syracuse     8 2 1
Fordham     6 2 0
Lehigh     4 1 3
Boston College     6 3 0
Penn State     6 3 1
Princeton     4 2 1
Springfield     4 2 1
Columbia     5 3 1
Pittsburgh     5 3 1
NYU     4 3 1
CCNY     4 3 0
Brown     5 4 0
Carnegie Tech     5 4 0
Colgate     5 4 0
Cornell     4 4 0
Harvard     4 4 0
Tufts     3 4 2
Franklin & Marshall     3 5 1
Villanova     2 5 1
Drexel     2 7 0
Vermont     2 7 0
Temple     1 4 0
Boston University     1 5 0
Buffalo     1 7 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Lebanon ValleyW 47–33,500
October 4NC State
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 51–63,500[2]
October 11Gettysburg
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 26–06,000
October 18at Georgia TechL 13–1522,000[3]
October 25Syracuse 
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
L 6–10
November 1at NavyW 6–0
November 8Carnegie Tech
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 22–77,000
November 15at PennT 0–052,000[4]
November 22Marietta
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 28–03,500
November 27at PittsburghL 3–2433,000[5]
  •  Homecoming

References

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  1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1920-1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "Penn State easily chalks up victory". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 5, 1924. Retrieved December 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Dixie Eleven Resists Invasions of Warriors From the East 15 to 13". The Anniston Star. October 19, 1924. p. 8. Retrieved May 6, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.  
  4. ^ "Quakers-Lions battle to scoreless tie". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 16, 1924. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Brilliant Victory Thrills Throngs as Panthers Crush Foe". The Gazette Times. November 28, 1924. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.