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1942 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1942 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State College in the 1942 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Bob Higgins.

1942 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 19
Record6–1–1
Head coach
CaptainLou Palazzi
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Williams   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 19 Penn State   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 8 Boston College   –   8 – 2 – 0
Buffalo   –   6 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   6 – 2 – 1
Army   –   6 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 3 – 0
Duquesne   –   6 – 3 – 1
Yale   –   5 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   5 – 3 – 1
No. T–19 Holy Cross   –   5 – 4 – 1
Dartmouth   –   5 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   4 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 4 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 3 – 0
Boston University   –   4 – 5 – 0
Cornell   –   3 – 5 – 1
Princeton   –   3 – 5 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 5 – 3
Columbia   –   3 – 6 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   2 – 5 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   1 – 4 – 2
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 5 – 0
Harvard   –   2 – 6 – 1
Drexel   –   2 – 6 – 0
Manhattan   –   2 – 6 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Penn State was ranked at No. 68 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]

The team played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Bucknell
W 14–710,303[3]
October 10at Lehigh
W 19–37,000[4]
October 17at Cornell
T 0–05,000
October 24Colgate 
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 13–1011,510
October 31at West Virginia
L 0–2412,016[5]
November 7Syracuse
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 18–138,856
November 14at No. 17 Penn
W 13–750,000
November 21Pittsburgh
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 14–611,710[6]
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

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See also: 1942 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below
Week
Poll1234567Final
AP———————19т

References

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  1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Penn State Defeats Buckknell, 14-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 4, 1942. p. S3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Penn State Drive Downs Lehigh, 19-3". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 11, 1942. p. S3.
  5. ^ "West Virginia cracks Penn State's clean slate by 24 to 0". The Sunday Star. November 1, 1943. Retrieved July 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Smith, Chester L. (November 22, 1942). "Joe Takes Kick-off 90 Yards For Score". The Pittsburgh Press. p. Second section-1. Retrieved May 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.


 

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