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1938 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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1938 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4–1
Head coach
CaptainDean Hanley
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Worcester Tech     6 0 0
No. 18 Villanova     8 0 1
No. 9 Holy Cross     8 1 0
Boston College     6 1 2
No. 15 Fordham     6 1 2
No. 12 Cornell     5 1 1
Army     8 2 0
No. 8 Pittsburgh     8 2 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech     7 2 0
No. 20 Dartmouth     7 2 0
Vermont     4 2 1
Brown     5 3 0
Bucknell     5 3 0
Syracuse     5 3 0
CCNY     4 3 0
Penn     3 2 3
Manhattan     5 4 0
Harvard     4 4 0
La Salle     4 4 0
NYU     4 4 0
Boston University     3 4 1
Penn State     3 4 1
Princeton     3 4 1
Hofstra     2 3 1
Duquesne     4 6 0
Temple     3 6 1
Providence     3 5 0
Columbia     3 6 0
Massachusetts State     3 6 0
Colgate     2 5 0
Buffalo     2 6 0
Yale     2 6 0
Tufts     1 6 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1938 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 1MarylandW 33–09,846
October 8Bucknelldagger
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
L 0–1412,071
October 15at LehighW 59–6
October 22at CornellL 6–217,000
October 29Syracuse
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 33–610,659
November 5Lafayette
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
L 0–78,274
November 12at PennT 7–750,000
November 19at No. 5 PittsburghL 0–2616,881
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  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.