American college football season
The 1945 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1945 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 29 | Muhlenberg | | | W 47–7 | 5,048 | |
October 6 | Colgate![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | | - New Beaver Field
- State College, PA
| W 27–7 | 9,619 | [2] |
October 13 | at No. 2 Navy | | | L 0–28 | 16,148 | |
October 20 | at Bucknell | | | W 46–7 | 5,319–7,500 | [3] |
November 3 | Syracuse | | - New Beaver Field
- State College, PA (rivalry)
| W 26–0 | 8,505 | |
November 10 | Temple | | - New Beaver Field
- State College, PA
| W 27–0 | 13,135 | [4] |
November 17 | at Michigan State | No. 12 | | L 0–33 | | |
November 24 | at Pittsburgh | | | L 0–7 | 11,354 | [5] |
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked | Week |
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Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
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AP | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — |
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- ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
- ^ "Colgate Trimmed by Penn State". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. United Press. October 7, 1945. p. 34 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Penn State Routs Bucknell; Lang Tallies Pair, Passes for 2". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. October 21, 1945. p. S2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Shriver, Tom (November 11, 1945). "Penn State Cuts Loose with 27-0 Win over Temple". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Keck, Harry (November 25, 1945). "Robinson Races 90 Yards to Score". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. Section 2–5. Retrieved September 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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