1938 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1938 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1938 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1938 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4–1
Head coach
CaptainDean Hanley
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Worcester Tech     6 0 0
No. 18 Villanova     8 0 1
No. 9 Holy Cross     8 1 0
Boston College     6 1 2
No. 15 Fordham     6 1 2
No. 12 Cornell     5 1 1
Army     8 2 0
No. 8 Pittsburgh     8 2 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech     7 2 0
No. 20 Dartmouth     7 2 0
Vermont     4 2 1
Brown     5 3 0
Bucknell     5 3 0
Syracuse     5 3 0
CCNY     4 3 0
Penn     3 2 3
Manhattan     5 4 0
Harvard     4 4 0
La Salle     4 4 0
NYU     4 4 0
Boston University     3 4 1
Penn State     3 4 1
Princeton     3 4 1
Hofstra     2 3 1
Duquesne     4 6 0
Temple     3 6 1
Providence     3 5 0
Columbia     3 6 0
Massachusetts State     3 6 0
Colgate     2 5 0
Buffalo     2 6 0
Yale     2 6 0
Tufts     1 6 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 1MarylandW 33–09,846
October 8Bucknell 
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
L 0–1412,071
October 15at LehighW 59–6
October 22at CornellL 6–217,000
October 29Syracuse
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 33–610,659
November 5Lafayette
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
L 0–78,274
November 12at PennT 7–750,000
November 19at No. 5 PittsburghL 0–2616,881
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.