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1945 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1945 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
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Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
← 1944
1946 →
1945 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   4 – 0 – 1
No. 20 Columbia   –   8 – 1 – 0
Temple   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 16 Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Tufts   –   4 – 1 – 0
No. 8 Penn   –   6 – 2 – 0
Yale   –   6 – 3 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 1 – 1
Harvard   –   5 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   3 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   3 – 4 – 1
Colgate   –   3 – 4 – 1
Princeton   –   2 – 3 – 2
NYU   –   3 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 7 – 0
Bucknell   –   2 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   2 – 5 – 0
Dartmouth   –   1 – 6 – 1
Syracuse   –   1 – 6 – 0
Boston University   –   0 – 5 – 0
CCNY   –   0 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1945 college football season. 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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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Muhlenberg
W 47–75,048
October 6Colgatedagger
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 27–79,619[1]
October 13at No. 2 Navy
L 0–2816,148
October 20at Bucknell
W 46–75,319–7,500[2]
November 3Syracuse
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 26–08,505
November 10Temple
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 27–013,135[3]
November 17at Michigan StateNo. 12
L 0–33
November 24at Pittsburgh
L 0–711,354[4]
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

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See also: 1945 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP—————12———

References

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  1. ^ "Colgate Trimmed by Penn State". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. United Press. October 7, 1945. p. 34 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Penn State Routs Bucknell; Lang Tallies Pair, Passes for 2". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. October 21, 1945. p. S2 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Shriver, Tom (November 11, 1945). "Penn State Cuts Loose with 27-0 Win over Temple". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Keck, Harry (November 25, 1945). "Robinson Races 90 Yards to Score". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. Section 2–5. Retrieved September 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.


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