1920 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1920 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–0–2
Head coach	Hugo Bezdek (3rd season)
Captain	Bill Hess
Home stadium	New Beaver Field

1920 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Boston College			–					8	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					8	–	0	–	1
Princeton			–					6	–	0	–	1
Penn State			–					7	–	0	–	2
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	0	–	2
Army			–					7	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					7	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					6	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					6	–	2	–	1
Geneva			–					5	–	2	–	1
New Hampshire			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					6	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					6	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	3	–	0
Lafayette			–					5	–	3	–	0
Holy Cross			–					5	–	3	–	0
Williams			–					5	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					5	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					4	–	3	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					3	–	2	–	2
Boston University			–					4	–	3	–	1
Columbia			–					4	–	4	–	0
Duquesne			–					3	–	3	–	1
Vermont			–					3	–	5	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	1
Rhode Island State			–					0	–	4	–	4
Tufts			–					2	–	6	–	0
Rutgers			–					2	–	7	–	0
Buffalo			–					1	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					1	–	5	–	2
Villanova			–					1	–	5	–	1
Drexel			–					0	–	6	–	0

The 1920 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State College in the 1920 college football season.^[1] Led by third-year head coach Hugo Bezdek, the team played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

The Lions were undefeated, but were tied in their final two games.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Muhlenberg	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 27–7	2,500
October 2	Gettysburg	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 13–0	2,500
October 9	Dartmouth	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 14–7	6,000
October 16	NC State	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 41–0	3,500
October 23	Lebanon Valley	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 109–7	2,500
October 30	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 28–7	30,000
November 6	Nebraska	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 20–0	9,000
November 13	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	T 7–7	9,000	[2]
November 25	at Pittsburgh	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	T 0–0	32,500	[3]
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. "Lehigh Surprises Penn State Team, The Latter Tying Score Near Finish". The Allentown Morning Call and Morning Herald. Allentown, Pennsylvania. November 15, 1920. p. 11. Retrieved August 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
3. "Record Set By Crowd At State Game". The Gazette Times. November 27, 1920. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.