1922 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1922 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Rose Bowl, L 3–14 vs. USC
Conference	Independent
Record	6–4–1
Head coach	Hugo Bezdek (5th season)
Captain	Newsh Bentz
Home stadium	New Beaver Field
Uniform

1922 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Cornell			–					8	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	0	–	0
Army			–					8	–	0	–	2
Syracuse			–					6	–	1	–	2
Franklin & Marshall			–					8	–	2	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					8	–	2	–	0
Holy Cross			–					7	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					7	–	2	–	0
Springfield			–					6	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					6	–	3	–	0
Vermont			–					6	–	3	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	3	–	1
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					7	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	4	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	3	–	1
Villanova			–					5	–	3	–	1
Columbia			–					5	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					5	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					4	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					4	–	5	–	0
Fordham			–					3	–	5	–	2
Geneva			–					4	–	6	–	0
Boston University			–					2	–	4	–	3
Lehigh			–					3	–	5	–	1
New Hampshire			–					3	–	5	–	1
Drexel			–					2	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					1	–	4	–	1
Buffalo			–					1	–	5	–	0
CCNY			–					1	–	6	–	0
Duquesne			–					0	–	8	–	0

The 1922 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1922 college football season.^[1] The team was coached by Hugo Bezdek and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

The Lions were invited to the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day, the first edition of the bowl game played in the current stadium.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	St. Bonaventure	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 54–0	3,000
September 30	William & Mary	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 27–7	3,000
October 7	Gettysburg	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 20–0	3,000
October 14	Lebanon Valley	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 32–6	3,000
October 21	Middlebury	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 33–0	4,000
October 28	vs. Syracuse	Polo Grounds New York, NY (rivalry)	T 0–0	25,000
November 3	vs. Navy	American League Park Washington, DC	L 0–14	30,000
November 11	Carnegie Tech	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 10–0	17,000
November 18	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–7	50,000
November 30	at Pittsburgh	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 0–14	33,000	[2]
January 1, 1923	vs. USC	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	L 3–14	43,000
Homecoming

References

1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1920-1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
2. "Pitt Defeats Penn State, 14-0, Before 33,000 here". The Gazette Times. December 1, 1922. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.