1925 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
CaptainBas Gray
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
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1926 →
1925 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Dartmouth   –   8 – 0 – 0
Fordham   –   9 – 1 – 0
No. 4 Colgate   –   7 – 0 – 2
No. 10 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 1 – 1
No. 11 Lafayette   –   7 – 1 – 1
Springfield   –   6 – 1 – 1
Princeton   –   5 – 1 – 1
Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Penn   –   7 – 2 – 0
Army   –   7 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
NYU   –   6 – 2 – 1
Villanova   –   6 – 2 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 2 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 2 – 1
Yale   –   5 – 2 – 1
Bucknell   –   7 – 3 – 1
Columbia   –   6 – 3 – 1
Muhlenberg   –   6 – 3 – 1
Temple   –   5 – 2 – 2
Harvard   –   4 – 3 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 1
Penn State   –   4 – 4 – 1
Buffalo   –   3 – 4 – 1
St. John's   –   3 – 4 – 0
Lehigh   –   3 – 5 – 1
Vermont   –   3 – 6 – 0
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 0
Providence   –   2 – 7 – 0
Rutgers   –   2 – 7 – 0
Boston University   –   1 – 5 – 0
Manhattan   –   1 – 6 – 1
Tufts   –   1 – 6 – 0
Drexel   –   1 – 7 – 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1925 Penn State Nittany Lions football team was an American football team that represented Pennsylvania State College as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Hugo Bezdek, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 67 to 66.[1] The team played its home games at New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Lebanon Valley
W 14–03,500[2]
October 3Franklin & Marshall
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 13–03,500[3]
October 10vs. Georgia Tech
L 7–1610,000[4]
October 17Marietta
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 13–03,500[5]
October 24Michigan State
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 13–64,000[6]
October 31at Syracuse
L 0–720,000[7]
November 7Notre Damedagger
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
T 0–020,000[8]
November 14at West Virginia
L 0–1418,000[9]
November 26at Pittsburgh
L 7–2350,000[10]
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "1925 Penn State Nittany Lions Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "Lebanon Battles Nittany". The Pittsburgh Press. September 27, 1925. p. Sporting 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Penn State Rally Brings 13-0 Victory Over Franklin Marshall". The Pittsburgh Post. October 4, 1925. p. III-2 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Georgia Tech Rides Over Penn, 16 to 7". New York Daily News. October 11, 1925. p. 58 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Penn State Eleven Trips Marietta, 13-0". Pittsburgh Gazette Times. October 18, 1925. p. III-6 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Nittany Lions Celebrate With Victory Over Michigan State". Pittsburgh Gazette Times. October 25, 1925. p. III-10 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Syracuse Eleven Keeps Its Goal Line Free From Enemy". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 1, 1925. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Knute Rockne (November 8, 1925). "Penn State Holds Irish Scoreless". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Mountaineers Dedicate Stadium By Beating Lions, 14-0". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. November 15, 1925. p. III-3 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Chester L. Smith (November 27, 1925). "Pitt Wins Over Penn State, 23 to 7". Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
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