American college football season
The 1949 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1949 college football season. The team was coached by Joe Bedenk. He was named head coach after coaching the line for several years. After a single 5–4 season, Bedenk requested a return to coaching the line, and Penn State brought in Rip Engle as head coach The team played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 24 | Villanova | | L 6–27 | 22,080 | |
October 1 | at Army | | L 7–42 | 27,000 | |
October 8 | Boston College | - New Beaver Field
- State College, PA
| W 32–14 | 18,041 | |
October 15 | Nebraska | - New Beaver Field
- State College, PA
| W 22–7 | 23,956 | |
October 22 | at No. 15 Michigan State | | L 0–24 | 44,746 | |
October 29 | Syracuse | - New Beaver Field
- State College, PA (rivalry)
| W 33–21 | 18,758 | |
November 5 | at West Virginia | | W 34–14 | 20,000–21,000 | [1] |
November 12 | at Temple | | W 28–7 | 18,000 | [2] |
November 19 | at Pittsburgh | | L 0–19 | 43,308 | |
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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National championship seasons in bold |