1951 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1951 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
Captains
  • Art Betts
  • Len Shephard
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
1951 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bucknell   –   9 – 0 – 0
No. 6 Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 0
Susquehanna   –   6 – 0 – 0
Trenton State   –   6 – 0 – 0
Northeastern   –   6 – 0 – 1
No. 19 Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   6 – 2 – 0
Hofstra   –   6 – 2 – 1
Cornell   –   6 – 3 – 0
No. 16 Boston University   –   6 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   6 – 4 – 0
Columbia   –   5 – 3 – 0
Villanova   –   5 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 4 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   5 – 4 – 0
  –   5 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 4 – 0
Buffalo   –   4 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 5 – 0
Dartmouth   –   4 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 5 – 1
Boston College   –   3 – 6 – 0
Yale   –   2 – 5 – 2
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 7 – 0
Geneva   –   2 – 5 – 0
Army   –   2 – 7 – 0
Brown   –   2 – 7 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 7 – 0
Tufts   –   0 – 7 – 2
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1951 college football season. The team was coached by Rip Engle and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania. The team was ranked at No. 60 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Boston University
W 40–3415,536
October 6vs. Villanova
L 14–20
October 13at Nebraska
W 15–739,000
October 20No. 3 Michigan State
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
L 21–3230,684[2]
October 27West Virginia
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 13–716,200–17,206[3]
November 3at Purdue
L 0–2821,000
November 10Syracuse
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 32–1316,612
November 17at Rutgers
W 13–715,000[4]
November 24at Pittsburgh
L 7–1320,145–22,771[5]
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings". The Nashville Banner. December 14, 1951. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Carl Hughes (October 21, 1951). "Michigan State's Second-Half Rally Beats Lions, 32-21". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 61 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Penn State whips strong West Virginia, 13–7". The Scrantonian. October 28, 1951. Retrieved December 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Penn State Victor, 13-7; Pollard Runs 75, 71 to Score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. November 18, 1951. p. S7 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Chester L. Smith (November 25, 1951). "Chess' Late Score On 17–Yard Run Snaps Deadlock". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 39. Retrieved August 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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