1943 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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1943 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
Captain John Jaffurs
Home stadium New Beaver Field
Seasons
←  1942
1944  →
1943 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Boston College  – 4 –0 –1
Franklin & Marshall  – 7 –1 –0
Dartmouth  – 6 –1 –0
Rochester  – 6 –1 –0
No. 11 Army  – 7 –2 –1
Holy Cross  – 6 –2 –0
Tufts  – 6 –2 –0
No. 20 Penn  – 6 –2 –1
Brown  – 5 –3 –0
Villanova  – 5 –3 –0
Colgate  – 5 –3 –1
Penn State  – 5 –3 –1
Bucknell  – 6 –4 –0
Cornell  – 6 –4 –0
Harvard  – 2 –2 –1
Yale  – 4 –5 –0
Pittsburgh  – 3 –5 –0
Temple  – 2 –6 –0
CCNY  – 1 –3 –1
Princeton  – 1 –6 –0
Carnegie Tech  – 0 –4 –1
Columbia  – 0 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1943 college football season. [1] The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Penn State ranked 58th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 81.7. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 Bucknell
W 14–06,639–10,000 [3]
October 2at North Carolina
L 0–199,983–13,500 [4]
October 9 Colgate Dagger-14-plain.png
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
T 0–06,933
October 16at No. 3 Navy
L 6–14
October 23at Maryland
W 45–05,000
October 30 West Virginia
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 32–74,494 [5]
November 6at Cornell
L 0–136,617
November 13 Temple
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 13–04,142
November 20at Pittsburgh
W 14–012,242–20,000 [6]
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  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. ↑ Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune . Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  3. ↑ "Passes Pave Way For Lions' Win, 14-0". The Pittsburgh Press. September 26, 1943. p. III-11 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Tar Heels whip Penn State 19–0". The Greenville News. October 3, 1943. Retrieved December 22, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Penn State thumps West Virginia, 32–7". Sunday News. October 31, 1943. Retrieved July 19, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Keck, Harry (November 21, 1943). "State Downs Pitt, 14–0". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. Section 2–3. Retrieved June 5, 2023– via Newspapers.com.


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