1939 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1–2
Head coach
CaptainSpike Alter
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Cornell   –   8 – 0 – 0
No. 10 Duquesne   –   8 – 0 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 0 – 1
Scranton   –   7 – 0 – 2
Princeton   –   7 – 1 – 0
La Salle   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 1 – 2
No. 11 Boston College   –   9 – 2 – 0
No. 17 Fordham   –   6 – 2 – 0
Villanova   –   6 – 2 – 0
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 3 – 1
Dartmouth   –   5 – 3 – 1
Hofstra   –   4 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   5 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 4 – 0
Manhattan   –   4 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   3 – 3 – 2
Vermont   –   3 – 3 – 2
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 1
Yale   –   3 – 4 – 1
Army   –   3 – 4 – 2
Bucknell   –   3 – 5 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 5 – 0
Providence   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 4 – 2
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 5 – 2
Colgate   –   2 – 5 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 7 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 0
Buffalo   –   0 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1939 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Penn State was ranked at No. 51 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7Bucknell
W 13–311,143[3]
October 14Lehighdagger
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 49–79,149[4]
October 21at No. 12 Cornell
L 0–477,500[5]
October 28at Syracuse
T 6–616,000
November 4Maryland
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 12–07,000[6]
November 11at Penn
W 10–040,000
November 18at Army
T 14–147,412[7]
November 25Pittsburgh
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 10–020,000
  • 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. ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Lion Eleven Will Drill To Correct Faults". Centre Daily Times. October 9, 1939. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Penn State Attack Routs Lehigh, 49-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 15, 1939. p. S3.
  5. ^ "Ohio State Game Beckons Cornell After Lion Rout". The Ithaca Journal. October 23, 1939. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Maryland Beaten, 12-0, as Driving Penn State Backs Tally Twice in Third". The Sunday Star. November 5, 1939. p. B7 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Army Rallies To Tie State". New York Daily News. November 19, 1939. p. C38 – via Newspapers.com.


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