1948 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1948 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 18
Record	7–1–1
Head coach	Bob Higgins (19th season)
Home stadium	New Beaver Field

1948 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Army			–					8	–	0	–	1
Penn State			–					7	–	1	–	1
Buffalo			–					6	–	1	–	1
Villanova			–					8	–	2	–	1
Boston University			–					6	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	2	–	2
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	3	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	3	–	1
CCNY			–					3	–	4	–	1
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	6	–	0
Fordham			–					3	–	6	–	0
NYU			–					3	–	6	–	0
Temple			–					2	–	6	–	1
Duquesne			–					2	–	7	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					1	–	7	–	0
Hofstra			–					0	–	6	–	2
Bucknell			–					1	–	8	–	0
Syracuse			–					1	–	8	–	0
Drexel			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1948 college football season. The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
October 2	Bucknell		New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 35–0
October 8	at Syracuse	No. 10	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	W 34–14
October 16	West Virginia	No. 9	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 37–7
October 23	No. 19 Michigan State	No. 8	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	T 14–14
October 30	at Colgate	No. 12	Hamilton, NY	W 32–13
November 6	at No. 7 Penn	No. 14	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 13–0
November 13	Temple	No. 5	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 47–0
November 20	at Pittsburgh	No. 6	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 0–7
November 27	at Washington State	No. 18	Tacoma Stadium Tacoma, WA	W 7–0
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game