1924 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1924 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3–1
Head coach	Hugo Bezdek (7th season)
Captain	Bas Gray
Home stadium	New Beaver Field

1924 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 9 Dartmouth			–					7	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Yale			–					6	–	0	–	2
No. 8 Penn			–					9	–	1	–	1
Rutgers			–					7	–	1	–	1
Bucknell			–					8	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					7	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					7	–	2	–	0
Holy Cross			–					7	–	1	–	1
Army			–					5	–	1	–	2
Syracuse			–					8	–	2	–	1
Fordham			–					6	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					4	–	1	–	3
Boston College			–					6	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	3	–	1
Princeton			–					4	–	2	–	1
Springfield			–					4	–	2	–	1
Columbia			–					5	–	3	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	3	–	1
NYU			–					4	–	3	–	1
CCNY			–					4	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	4	–	0
Cornell			–					4	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	2
Franklin & Marshall			–					3	–	5	–	1
Villanova			–					2	–	5	–	1
Drexel			–					2	–	7	–	0
Vermont			–					2	–	7	–	0
Temple			–					1	–	4	–	0
Boston University			–					1	–	5	–	0
Buffalo			–					1	–	7	–	0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1924 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State College in the 1924 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	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Lebanon Valley	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 47–3	3,500
October 4	NC State	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 51–6	3,500	[2]
October 11	Gettysburg	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 26–0	6,000
October 18	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 13–15	22,000	[3]
October 25	Syracuse	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	L 6–10
November 1	at Navy	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 6–0
November 8	Carnegie Tech	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 22–7	7,000
November 15	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	T 0–0	52,000	[4]
November 22	Marietta	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 28–0	3,500
November 27	at Pittsburgh	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 3–24	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 easily chalks up victory". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 5, 1924. Retrieved December 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Dixie Eleven Resists Invasions of Warriors From the East 15 to 13". The Anniston Star. October 19, 1924. p. 8. Retrieved May 6, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Quakers-Lions battle to scoreless tie". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 16, 1924. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Brilliant Victory Thrills Throngs as Panthers Crush Foe". The Gazette Times. November 28, 1924. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.