1950 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1950 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
CaptainOwen Dougherty
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
1950 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Franklin & Marshall   –   9 – 0 – 0
No. 6 Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 0
St. Lawrence   –   8 – 0 – 0
Thiel   –   7 – 0 – 0
No. 2 Army   –   8 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   8 – 1 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   7 – 1 – 0
Drexel   –   6 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 2 – 0
Gannon   –   6 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   6 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   6 – 3 – 0
Buffalo   –   5 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 3 – 0
  –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   4 – 4 – 1
Columbia   –   4 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 5 – 1
Dartmouth   –   3 – 5 – 1
Boston University   –   3 – 5 – 0
Duquesne   –   2 – 6 – 1
Hofstra   –   2 – 6 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 5 – 1
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 0
Harvard   –   1 – 7 – 0
Brown   –   1 – 8 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   1 – 8 – 0
Boston College   –   0 – 9 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1950 college football season. The team was coached by Rip Engle and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Georgetown
W 34–1416,617[1]
October 7at No. 4 Army
L 7–4126,562
October 14at Syracuse
L 7–2717,500
October 21at Nebraska
L 0–1938,000
October 28Temple
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
T 7–720,428–20,782[2]
November 4at Boston College
W 20–138,503
November 11West Virginia
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 27–016,338[3]
November 18Rutgers
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 18–1415,299[4]
December 2at Pittsburgh
W 21–207,000–12,250[5]
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ Drum, Bob (October 1, 1950). "Penn State Crushes Hoyas, 34-14". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. p. 42 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (October 29, 1950). "Temple Ties Penn State". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Penn State turns back West Virginia 27 to 0". Sunday News. November 12, 1950. Retrieved December 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Penn State Beats Rutgers in Final Period, 18-14". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. November 19, 1950. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Carl Hughes (December 3, 1950). "Lions Win When Bolkovac Fails To Kick Extra Point". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 41. Retrieved July 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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