1937 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
CaptainSam Donato, John Economos
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
1937 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Pittsburgh    9 0 1
No. 6 Villanova    8 0 1
No. 3 Fordham    7 0 1
No. 7 Dartmouth    7 0 2
No. T–14 Holy Cross    8 0 2
St. Thomas (PA)    6 1 1
No. 12 Yale    6 1 1
Army    7 2 0
Boston University    6 2 0
Cornell    5 2 1
Harvard    5 2 1
Syracuse    5 2 1
CCNY    5 2 0
No. 12 Manhattan    6 3 1
Penn State    5 3 0
Duquesne    6 4 0
Brown    5 4 0
NYU    5 4 0
Temple    3 2 4
Boston College    4 4 1
Bucknell    3 3 2
Buffalo    4 4 0
Princeton    4 4 0
Tufts    3 4 1
Colgate    3 5 0
Columbia    2 5 2
Hofstra    2 4 0
Carnegie Tech    2 5 1
Penn    2 5 1
Providence    2 6 0
Vermont    2 6 0
La Salle    2 7 0
Massachusetts State    1 7 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State College in the 1937 college football season.[1] The team was led by eighth-year head coach Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at CornellL 19–266,000
October 2GettysburgW 32–68,919
October 9Bucknelldagger
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 20–1411,376[2]
October 16Lehigh
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 14–77,660
October 30at SyracuseL 13–19
November 6at PennW 7–050,000
November 13Maryland
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 21–147,535[3]
November 20at No. 1 PittsburghL 7–2819,936
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. "State Comes From Behind, Nips Bucknell". The Scranton Tribune. October 10, 1937. p. 26 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Maryland bows to Penn State, 21–14". The Sunday Star. November 14, 1937. Retrieved December 19, 2023 via Newspapers.com.


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