1955 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

American college football season

1955 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–4
Head coach	Rip Engle (6th season)
Captain	Otto Kneidinger, Frank Reich
Home stadium	New Beaver Field
Seasons← 1954 1956 →

1955 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Alfred		–		8	–	0	–	0
Drexel		–		8	–	0	–	0
Trinity (CT)		–		7	–	0	–	0
Juniata		–		8	–	0	–	1
Carnegie Tech		–		5	–	1	–	1
Tufts		–		5	–	2	–	0
Boston College		–		5	–	2	–	1
No. 20 Army		–		6	–	3	–	0
Colgate		–		6	–	3	–	0
No. 11 Pittsburgh		–		7	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross		–		6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse		–		5	–	3	–	0
Penn State		–		5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo		–		4	–	4	–	1
Hofstra		–		3	–	6	–	0
Bucknell		–		2	–	6	–	1
Boston University		–		2	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		2	–	6	–	0
Villanova		–		1	–	9	–	0
Temple		–		0	–	8	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1955 college football season. The team was coached by Rip Engle and played its home games in New Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24		Boston University		New Beaver Field University Park, PA	W 35–0	20,150
October 1		at No. 6 Army	No. 18	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 6–35	24,200
October 8	2:30 p.m.	vs. Virginia		City Stadium Richmond, VA (Tobacco Bowl)	W 26–7	20,000
October 15		No. 8 Navy		New Beaver Field University Park, PA	L 14–34	32,209
October 22		at No. 8 West Virginia		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WA (rivalry)	L 7–21	34,400
October 29		at Penn		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 20–0	28,206
November 5		No. 18 Syracuse		New Beaver Field University Park, PA (rivalry)	W 21–20	30,321
November 12		at Rutgers		Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 34–13	12,000
November 19		No. 15 Pittsburgh		New Beaver Field University Park, PA (rivalry)	L 0–20	29,361
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

References

"Penn State Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
Drewry, Walt (October 8, 1955). "State Gridders Face Stiff Slate". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. p. 14. Retrieved January 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
"WVU rally spills Lions". Cumberland Sunday Times. October 23, 1955. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
Good, Herb (October 30, 1955). "Pa. State Conquers Improved Penn, Scoring Twice in First 9 Minutes". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
"Penn State Wins over Rutgers, 34-13". Asbury Park Sunday Press. Asbury Park, N.J. Associated Press. November 13, 1955. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.

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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
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