1942 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1942 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 19
Record	6–1–1
Head coach	Bob Higgins (13th season)
Captain	Lou Palazzi
Home stadium	New Beaver Field

1942 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Williams			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 19 Penn State			–					6	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Boston College			–					8	–	2	–	0
Buffalo			–					6	–	2	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					6	–	2	–	1
Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					6	–	3	–	0
Duquesne			–					6	–	3	–	1
Yale			–					5	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					5	–	3	–	1
No. T–19 Holy Cross			–					5	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth			–					5	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					4	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Vermont			–					4	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	3	–	0
Boston University			–					4	–	5	–	0
Cornell			–					3	–	5	–	1
Princeton			–					3	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	5	–	3
Columbia			–					3	–	6	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					2	–	5	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					1	–	4	–	2
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	5	–	0
Harvard			–					2	–	6	–	1
Drexel			–					2	–	6	–	0
Manhattan			–					2	–	6	–	0
CCNY			–					1	–	7	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State College in the 1942 college football season.^[1] The team was coached by Bob Higgins.

Penn State was ranked at No. 68 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.^[2]

The team played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 3	Bucknell	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 14–7	10,303	[3]
October 10	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 19–3	7,000	[4]
October 17	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	T 0–0	5,000
October 24	Colgate	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 13–10	11,510
October 31	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	L 0–24	12,016	[5]
November 7	Syracuse	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 18–13	8,856
November 14	at No. 17 Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 13–7	50,000
November 21	Pittsburgh	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 14–6	11,710	[6]
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1942 NCAA football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19т

References

1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Penn State Defeats Buckknell, 14-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 4, 1942. p. S3 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Penn State Drive Downs Lehigh, 19-3". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 11, 1942. p. S3.
5. "West Virginia cracks Penn State's clean slate by 24 to 0". The Sunday Star. November 1, 1943. Retrieved July 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Smith, Chester L. (November 22, 1942). "Joe Takes Kick-off 90 Yards For Score". The Pittsburgh Press. p. Second section-1. Retrieved May 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.