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1950 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
CaptainOwen Dougherty
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Franklin & Marshall   –   9 – 0 – 0
No. 6 Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 0
St. Lawrence   –   8 – 0 – 0
Thiel   –   7 – 0 – 0
No. 2 Army   –   8 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   8 – 1 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   7 – 1 – 0
Drexel   –   6 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   6 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   6 – 3 – 0
Buffalo   –   5 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   4 – 4 – 1
Columbia   –   4 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 5 – 1
Dartmouth   –   3 – 5 – 1
Boston University   –   3 – 5 – 0
Duquesne   –   2 – 6 – 1
Hofstra   –   2 – 6 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 5 – 1
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 0
Harvard   –   1 – 7 – 0
Brown   –   1 – 8 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   1 – 8 – 0
Boston College   –   0 – 9 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1950 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Rip Engle and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Georgetown
W 34–1416,617[2]
October 7at No. 4 Army
L 7–4126,562
October 14at Syracuse
L 7–2717,500
October 21at Nebraska
L 0–1938,000
October 28Templedagger
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
T 7–720,428–20,782[3]
November 4at Boston College
W 20–138,503
November 11West Virginia
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 27–016,338
November 18Rutgers
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 18–1415,299[4]
December 2at Pittsburgh
W 21–2012,250
  • 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.
  2. ^ Drum, Bob (October 1, 1950). "Penn State Crushes Hoyas, 34-14". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. p. 42 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (October 29, 1950). "Temple Ties Penn State". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Penn State Beats Rutgers in Final Period, 18-14". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. November 19, 1950. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
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