1923 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1923 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–2–1
Head coach	Hugo Bezdek (6th season)
Captain	Joe Bedenk
Home stadium	New Beaver Field

1923 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Cornell			–					8	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					8	–	0	–	0
St. John's			–					5	–	0	–	1
Dartmouth			–					8	–	1	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					7	–	1	–	1
Rutgers			–					7	–	1	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	1	–	1
Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					6	–	1	–	2
Tufts			–					6	–	2	–	0
Army			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					6	–	2	–	1
Geneva			–					6	–	2	–	1
Lehigh			–					6	–	2	–	1
NYU			–					6	–	2	–	1
Penn State			–					6	–	2	–	1
Vermont			–					6	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					6	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	3	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					5	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	1
Columbia			–					4	–	4	–	1
Duquesne			–					4	–	4	–	0
Princeton			–					3	–	3	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					3	–	5	–	1
Drexel			–					2	–	6	–	0
Buffalo			–					2	–	5	–	1
Fordham			–					2	–	7	–	0
Boston University			–					1	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					0	–	7	–	1
Temple			–					0	–	5	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	7	–	0
Springfield			–					0	–	7	–	0

The 1923 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State College in the 1923 college football season.^[1] The team was coached by Hugo Bezdek and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29		Lebanon Valley	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 58–0	3,000
October 6		NC State	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 16–0	3,000	[2]
October 13		Gettysburg	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 20–0	3,000
October 20		Navy	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 21–3	20,000
October 27		vs. West Virginia	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY (rivalry)	T 13–13	50,000	[3]
November 3		at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 0–10	25,000
November 10	2:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 7–0	10,000	[4]
November 17		at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 21–0	56,000
November 29		at Pittsburgh	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 3–20	33,000	[5]
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. "Penn State shows Tarheels few tricks in winning, 16 to 0". The Pittsburgh Post. October 7, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Penn and West Virginia tied". The News and Observer. October 28, 1923. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Penn State conquers Georgia Tech, 7 to 0". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 11, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Pitt Smashes Records For Football Attendance". The Pitt Weekly. Vol. 14, no. 12. December 12, 1923. p. 7. Retrieved March 16, 2021.