1927 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1927 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1927 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Hugo Bezdek and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1927 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2–1
Head coach
CaptainJohnny Roepke
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
← 1926
1928 →
1927 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tufts     8 0 0
Springfield     7 0 2
Washington & Jefferson     7 0 2
No. 6 Army     9 1 0
No. 2 Pittsburgh     8 1 1
Temple     7 1 0
No. 5 Yale     7 1 0
NYU     7 1 2
Princeton     6 1 0
Villanova     6 1 0
Penn State     6 2 1
Columbia     5 2 2
Bucknell     6 3 1
Colgate     4 2 3
CCNY     4 2 2
Lafayette     5 3 1
Penn     6 4 0
Syracuse     5 3 2
Carnegie Tech     5 4 1
Boston College     4 4 0
Harvard     4 4 0
Rutgers     4 4 0
Cornell     3 3 2
Boston University     3 4 1
Drexel     3 5 1
Fordham     3 5 0
Brown     3 6 1
Vermont     2 6 0
Providence     1 4 2
Franklin & Marshall     1 7 1
Lehigh     1 7 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Lebanon ValleyW 27–03,500
October 1Gettysburg
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 34–134,000
October 8Bucknell
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
L 7–135,000[2]
October 15at PennW 20–060,000
October 22at SyracuseW 9–625,000
October 29Lafayette 
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 40–611,000
November 5George Washington
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 13–03,500[3]
November 12NYU
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
T 13–1312,000[4]
November 24at PittsburghL 0–3057,051[5]
  •  Homecoming

References

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  1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1925-1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "Bucknell Tumbles State and Gets Sweet Revenge After 31 Years' Wait". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 9, 1927. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Nittany Lions are victors". The Pittsburgh Press. November 6, 1927. Retrieved February 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "N.Y.U. still remains undefeated; Penn State holds Violets to tie". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 13, 1927. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Welsh, Regis M. (November 25, 1927). "Great Pitt Eleven Defeats State, 30-0". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.