1954 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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1954 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
APNo. 20
Record7–2
Head coach
CaptainDon Balthaser, Jim Garrity
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hobart   –   8 – 0 – 0
Juniata   –   8 – 0 – 0
Pennsylvania Military   –   7 – 0 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   7 – 0 – 0
Worcester Tech   –   6 – 0 – 0
Carnegie Tech
   –   7 – 0 – 1
Boston College   –   8 – 1 – 0
Boston University   –   7 – 2 – 0
Hofstra
   –   7 – 2 – 0
No. 20 Penn State   –   7 – 2 – 0
Tufts   –   6 – 2 – 0
Brown   –   6 – 2 – 1
Drexel   –   5 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 2 – 2
Princeton   –   5 – 3 – 1
Yale   –   5 – 3 – 1
Cornell   –   5 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   4 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   4 – 5 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 5 – 0
Dartmouth   –   3 – 6 – 0
Holy Cross   –   3 – 7 – 0
Buffalo   –   2 – 7 – 0
Fordham   –   1 – 7 – 1
Columbia   –   1 – 8 – 0
Villanova   –   1 – 9 – 0
Penn   –   0 – 9 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the

University Park, Pennsylvania
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Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at No. 6 Illinois
W 14–1254,094
October 2at SyracuseNo. 10
W 13–018,000
October 9
University Park, PA
W 34–721,820[2]
October 16No. 14 West VirginiadaggerNo. 9
  • New Beaver Field
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
L 14–1932,221–32,384[3]
October 23at No. 20 TCU
L 7–2015,000
October 30at Penn
W 35–1333,146[4]
November 6Holy Cross
  • New Beaver Field
  • University Park, PA
W 39–725,383[5]
November 13Rutgers
  • New Beaver Field
  • University Park, PA
W 37–1416,623[6]
November 20at Pittsburgh
W 13–047,266
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
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