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1952 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2–1
Head coach
CaptainJoe Gratson, Stewart Scheetz
Home stadium New Beaver Field
Seasons
←  1951
1953 →
1952 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rochester   –   8 – 0 – 0
Hofstra   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 19 Princeton   –   8 – 1 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   7 – 1 – 0
Villanova   –   7 – 1 – 1
Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 2 – 0
Penn State   –   7 – 2 – 1
No. 14 Syracuse   –   7 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   6 – 3 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 3 – 0
Harvard   –   5 – 4 – 0
Boston University   –   5 – 4 – 1
Penn   –   4 – 3 – 2
Army   –   4 – 4 – 1
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 1
Drexel   –   3 – 4 – 0
Fordham   –   2 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   2 – 5 – 1
Columbia   –   2 – 6 – 1
Brown   –   2 – 7 – 0
Cornell   –   2 – 7 – 0
Dartmouth   –   2 – 7 – 0
Temple   –   2 – 7 – 1
Buffalo   –   1 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 1952 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

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 Temple
W 20–1315,889 [2]
September 27 Purdue
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
T 20–2020,506
October 4 William & Mary
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 35–2322,848 [3]
October 11at West VirginiaNo. 20
W 35–2118,500 [4]
October 18 NebraskadaggerNo. 19
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 10–028,551
October 25at No. 1 Michigan StateNo. 17
L 7–3451,162 [5]
November 1at No. 17 Penn
W 14–767,000 [6]
November 8at SyracuseNo. 15
L 7–2516,000
November 15 Rutgers
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 7–615,957 [7]
November 22at No. 16 Pittsburgh
W 17–053,766
  • 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. ^ Smith, Chester L. (September 21, 1952). "Lions Whip Temple, 20-13". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. p. 61 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Penn State trims Indians, 35–23 in scoring battle". Tampa Sunday Tribune. October 5, 1952. Retrieved January 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Penn State beats W. Va. on Rados' passes, 35–21". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 12, 1952. Retrieved January 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ George S. Alderton (October 26, 1952). "Spartan '11' Entertains Grads, 34 to 7". Lansing State Journal. pp. 57, 61 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Hughes, Carl (November 2, 1952). "Nittany Lions Continue Mastery over Penn on Defensive Skill, 14-7". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Hughes, Carl (November 16, 1952). "Penn State Rallies to Nip Rutgers on Leonard's Extra Point, 7-6". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. p. 62 – via Newspapers.com.


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