1949 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1949 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainRobert C. Hicks, Neg Norton
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Vincent   –   10 – 0 – 0
No. 4 Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   8 – 0 – 0
Brown   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 12 Cornell   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 13 Villanova   –   8 – 1 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 2 – 0
Buffalo   –   6 – 3 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 3 – 0
Princeton   –   6 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   5 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 0
Yale   –   4 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   4 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 3 – 1
Duquesne   –   3 – 6 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   2 – 5 – 2
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   3 – 6 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 7 – 0
Hofstra   –   1 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   1 – 8 – 0
Harvard   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1949 college football season. The team was coached by Joe Bedenk. He was named head coach after coaching the line for several years. After a single 5–4 season, Bedenk requested a return to coaching the line, and Penn State brought in Rip Engle as head coach The team played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Villanova
L 6–2722,080
October 1at Army
L 7–4227,000
October 8Boston College
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 32–1418,041
October 15Nebraskadagger
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 22–723,956
October 22at No. 15 Michigan State
L 0–2444,746
October 29Syracuse
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 33–2118,758
November 5at West Virginia
W 34–1420,000–21,000[1]
November 12at Temple
W 28–718,000[2]
November 19at Pittsburgh
L 0–1943,308
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "W. Va. beaten by Penn State". The Baltimore Sun. November 6, 1949. Retrieved July 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (November 13, 1949). "Penn State's Power Turns Back Temple". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.


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