1943 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1943 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3–1
Head coach	Bob Higgins (14th season)
Captain	John Jaffurs
Home stadium	New Beaver Field

1943 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Boston College			–					4	–	0	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					7	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	1	–	0
Rochester			–					6	–	1	–	0
No. 11 Army			–					7	–	2	–	1
Holy Cross			–					6	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					6	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Penn			–					6	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					5	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Cornell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					2	–	2	–	1
Yale			–					4	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	5	–	0
Temple			–					2	–	6	–	0
CCNY			–					1	–	3	–	1
Princeton			–					1	–	6	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					0	–	4	–	1
Columbia			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1943 college football season.^[1] The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Penn State ranked 58th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 81.7.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Bucknell	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 14–0	6,639–10,000	[3]
October 2	at North Carolina	Kenan Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 0–19	9,983–13,500	[4]
October 9	Colgate	New Beaver Field State College, PA	T 0–0	6,933
October 16	at No. 3 Navy	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 6–14
October 23	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)	W 45–0	5,000
October 30	West Virginia	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 32–7	4,494	[5]
November 6	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–13	6,617
November 13	Temple	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 13–0	4,142
November 20	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	W 14–0	12,242–20,000	[6]
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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. Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
3. "Passes Pave Way For Lions' Win, 14-0". The Pittsburgh Press. September 26, 1943. p. III-11 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Tar Heels whip Penn State 19–0". The Greenville News. October 3, 1943. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Penn State thumps West Virginia, 32–7". Sunday News. October 31, 1943. Retrieved July 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Keck, Harry (November 21, 1943). "State Downs Pitt, 14–0". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. Section 2–3. Retrieved June 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.