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1951 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainArt Betts, Len Shephard
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons← 19501952 →
1951 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bucknell   –   9 – 0 – 0
No. 6 Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 0
Susquehanna   –   6 – 0 – 0
Trenton State   –   6 – 0 – 0
Northeastern   –   6 – 0 – 1
No. 19 Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   6 – 2 – 0
Hofstra   –   6 – 2 – 1
Cornell   –   6 – 3 – 0
No. 16 Boston University   –   6 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   6 – 4 – 0
Columbia   –   5 – 3 – 0
Villanova   –   5 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 4 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   5 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 4 – 0
Buffalo   –   4 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 5 – 0
Dartmouth   –   4 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 5 – 1
Boston College   –   3 – 6 – 0
Yale   –   2 – 5 – 2
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 7 – 0
Geneva   –   2 – 5 – 0
Army   –   2 – 7 – 0
Brown   –   2 – 7 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 7 – 0
Tufts   –   0 – 7 – 2
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1951 college football season. The team was coached by Rip Engle and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania. The team was ranked at No. 60 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Boston UniversityW 40–3415,536
October 6vs. VillanovaL 14–20
October 13at NebraskaW 15–739,000
October 20No. 3 Michigan State
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
L 21–3230,684
October 27West Virginia
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 13–716,200–17,206
November 3at PurdueL 0–2821,000
November 10Syracuse
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 32–1316,612
November 17at RutgersW 13–715,000
November 24at PittsburghL 7–1322,771
  • Homecoming
  • 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. "Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings". The Nashville Banner. December 14, 1951. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Carl Hughes (October 21, 1951). "Michigan State's Second-Half Rally Beats Lions, 32-21". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 61 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Penn State whips strong West Virginia, 13–7". The Scrantonian. October 28, 1951. Retrieved December 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Penn State Victor, 13-7; Pollard Runs 75, 71 to Score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. November 18, 1951. p. S7 – via Newspapers.com.
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