1941 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

American college football season

1941 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–2
Head coach	Bob Higgins (12th season)
Captain	Lenny Krouse
Home stadium	New Beaver Field
Seasons← 1940 1942 →

1941 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 8 Duquesne		–		8	–	0	–	0
Thiel		–		7	–	0	–	0
Saint Francis (PA)		–		6	–	0	–	1
No. 6 Fordham		–		8	–	1	–	0
Rochester		–		6	–	1	–	0
Trinity (CT)		–		6	–	1	–	0
Wagner		–		5	–	1	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		5	–	1	–	1
Penn State		–		7	–	2	–	0
Temple		–		7	–	2	–	0
Coast Guard		–		6	–	2	–	0
Norwich		–		6	–	2	–	0
Hofstra		–		5	–	2	–	0
Boston College		–		7	–	3	–	0
Syracuse		–		5	–	2	–	1
Bucknell		–		6	–	3	–	0
Drexel		–		4	–	2	–	1
Boston University		–		5	–	3	–	0
La Salle		–		5	–	3	–	0
Tufts		–		5	–	3	–	0
Army		–		5	–	3	–	1
CCNY		–		4	–	4	–	0
Villanova		–		4	–	4	–	0
Manhattan		–		4	–	4	–	1
Holy Cross		–		4	–	4	–	2
Colgate		–		3	–	3	–	2
Providence		–		3	–	3	–	2
Buffalo		–		3	–	4	–	1
Massachusetts State		–		3	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh		–		3	–	6	–	0
Vermont		–		2	–	6	–	0
NYU		–		2	–	7	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		1	–	7	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Penn State Nittany Lions football team was an American football team that represented the Pennsylvania State College as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach Bob Higgins, the team compiled a 7–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 200 to 78.

Penn State's Len Krouse was selected by the Associated Press as a second-team back on the 1941 All-Eastern football team.

Penn State was ranked at No. 41 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.

The team played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 4	at Colgate	Civic Stadium Buffalo, NY	L 0–7	13,000
October 11	Bucknell	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 27–13	16,000
October 18	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–14	25,000
October 25	Lehigh	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 40–6	12,000
October 31	at NYU	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 42–0	10,691
November 8	No. 18 Syracuse	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 34–19	16,000
November 15	West Virginia	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 7–0	11,000
November 22	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	W 31–7	33,000
November 29	at South Carolina	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	W 19–12	12,000
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

"1941 Penn State Nittany Lions Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
"MacKinney and Peabody on A.P. Eastern Eleven". The Boston Daily Globe. December 5, 1941. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
"Colgate Defeats Penn State, 7-0". New York Daily News. October 5, 1941. p. 39C – via Newspapers.com.
"Penn State Downs Bucknell: Lions Spurt To Overcome Bisons, 27-13". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 12, 1941. p. 2S – via Newspapers.com.
Stan Baumgartner (October 19, 1941). "Temple Stops State: Sutch and Tomasic Lead Owls To 14-0 Victory Over Lions". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
"Penn State Times Lehigh, 40-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 26, 1941. p. 2S – via Newspapers.com.
Jack Smith (November 1, 1941). "State Smothers Violets, 42-0". New York Daily News. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
Fred Byrod (November 9, 1941). "Penn State Sinks Syracuse, 34-19". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
"Penn State Aerial Turns Back West Virginia, 7 to 0". The Pittsburgh Press. November 16, 1941. p. III-11 – via Newspapers.com.
"Penn State Topples West Virginia". The Sunday News (Lancaster, Pennsylvania). November 16, 1941. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
Chester L. Smith (November 23, 1941). "Penn State Crushes Pitt, 31-7, In Stadium Upset: 'Pepper' Petrella Hero In Great Win". The Pittsburgh Press. p. III-9 – via Newspapers.com.
"Penn State Rolls Over South Carolina Gamecocks, 19-12". Greenville News. November 30, 1941. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Penn State Nittany Lions football
Venues	Old Main lawn (until 1891) Beaver Field (1892–1908) New Beaver Field (1909–1959) Beaver Stadium (1960–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Maryland Michigan Michigan State Minnesota: Governor's Victory Bell Ohio State Old Ironsides Pittsburgh Syracuse West Virginia
Culture & lore	Nittany Lion "Fight On, State" Penn State Blue Band Uplifting Athletes Joe Paterno statue Something for Joey 1982 Nebraska game Child sex abuse scandal 2016 Ohio State game Paterno White Out 2021 Illinois game
People	Head coaches All-Americans NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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