1954 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1954 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
APNo. 20
Record7–2
Head coach
Captains
  • Don Balthaser
  • Jim Garrity
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
1954 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hobart   –   8 – 0 – 0
Juniata   –   8 – 0 – 0
Pennsylvania Military   –   7 – 0 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   7 – 0 – 0
Worcester Tech   –   6 – 0 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   7 – 0 – 1
Boston College   –   8 – 1 – 0
Boston University   –   7 – 2 – 0
Hofstra   –   7 – 2 – 0
No. 20   –   7 – 2 – 0
Tufts   –   6 – 2 – 0
Brown   –   6 – 2 – 1
Drexel   –   5 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 2 – 2
Princeton   –   5 – 3 – 1
Yale   –   5 – 3 – 1
Cornell   –   5 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   4 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   4 – 5 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 5 – 0
Dartmouth   –   3 – 6 – 0
Holy Cross   –   3 – 7 – 0
Buffalo   –   2 – 7 – 0
Fordham   –   1 – 7 – 1
Columbia   –   1 – 8 – 0
Villanova   –   1 – 9 – 0
Penn   –   0 – 9 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1954 college football season. The team was coached by Rip Engle and played its home games in New Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at No. 6 Illinois
W 14–1254,094
October 2at SyracuseNo. 10
W 13–018,000
October 9VirginiaNo. 12
W 34–721,820[1]
October 16No. 14 West VirginiaNo. 9
  • New Beaver Field
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
L 14–1932,221–32,384[2]
October 23at No. 20 TCU
L 7–2015,000[3]
October 30at Penn
W 35–1333,146[4]
November 6Holy Cross
  • New Beaver Field
  • University Park, PA
W 39–725,383[5]
November 13Rutgers
  • New Beaver Field
  • University Park, PA
W 37–1416,623[6]
November 20at Pittsburgh
W 13–047,266
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "Fleet Penn State runners key 34–7 decision over Virginia". The Greenville News. October 10, 1954. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "West Virginia tops unbeaten Lions by 19–14". Sunday News. October 17, 1954. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Horned Frogs beat Penn State 20–7". The Orange Leader. October 24, 1954. Retrieved March 20, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Hughes, Carl (October 31, 1954). "Penn State Rolls over Penn, 35-13". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. sect. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Hughes, Carl (November 7, 1954). "Lions Crush Holy Cross, 39-7". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. sect. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Smith, Chester L. (November 14, 1954). "Lions Wallop Rutgers, 37-14". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. sect. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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