1945 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1945 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3
Head coach	Bob Higgins (16th season)
Captain	None
Home stadium	New Beaver Field

1945 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					4	–	0	–	1
No. 20 Columbia			–					8	–	1	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 16 Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					4	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Penn			–					6	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	1	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					3	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					3	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					2	–	3	–	2
NYU			–					3	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	7	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth			–					1	–	6	–	1
Syracuse			–					1	–	6	–	0
Boston University			–					0	–	5	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1945 college football season.^[1] The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Muhlenberg		New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 47–7	5,048
October 6	Colgate		New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 27–7	9,619	[2]
October 13	at No. 2 Navy		Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 0–28	16,148
October 20	at Bucknell		Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 46–7	5,319–7,500	[3]
November 3	Syracuse		New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 26–0	8,505
November 10	Temple		New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 27–0	13,135	[4]
November 17	at Michigan State	No. 12	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)	L 0–33
November 24	at Pittsburgh		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 0–7	11,354	[5]
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1945 NCAA football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	—	—

References

1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
2. "Colgate Trimmed by Penn State". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. United Press. October 7, 1945. p. 34 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Penn State Routs Bucknell; Lang Tallies Pair, Passes for 2". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. October 21, 1945. p. S2 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Shriver, Tom (November 11, 1945). "Penn State Cuts Loose with 27-0 Win over Temple". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Keck, Harry (November 25, 1945). "Robinson Races 90 Yards to Score". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. Section 2–5. Retrieved September 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.