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1944 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1944 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
CaptainJohn R. Chuckran
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
← 1943
1945 →
1944 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 0 – 1
Harvard   –   5 – 1 – 0
Bucknell   –   7 – 2 – 1
Penn State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   5 – 3 – 0
Boston College   –   4 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 4 – 0
Drexel   –   2 – 2 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   4 – 5 – 0
Brown   –   3 – 4 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 4 – 2
Syracuse   –   2 – 4 – 1
Princeton   –   1 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   2 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   2 – 5 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   1 – 4 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   1 – 8 – 0
CCNY   –   0 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 1944 college football season. The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games at New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Muhlenberg
W 58–132,799
October 7at Navy
L 14–55
October 14Bucknelldagger
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 20–64,753[1]
October 21at Colgate
W 6–03,000[2]
October 28West Virginia
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
L 27–285,534[3]
November 4at Syracuse
W 41–0
November 11at Temple
W 7–612,000[4]
November 18Maryland
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 34–19[5]
November 25at Pittsburgh
L 0–148,840[6]
  • daggerHomecoming

References

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  1. ^ "Penn State Beats Bucknell, 20-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. October 15, 1944. p. S3 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Chuckran's 50-Yard Punt Return Sinks Colgate for Penn State, 6-0". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. Associated Press. October 22, 1944. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "West Virginia defeats Penn State, 28 to 27". The Portsmouth Star. October 29, 1944. Retrieved July 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (November 12, 1944). "Penn State Beats Temple". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Penn State scores in every quarter to wallop Maryland, 34 to 19". The Baltimore Sun. November 19, 1944. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Keck, Harry (November 26, 1944). "Panthers Win On 93-Yard Run". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. Section 2-2. Retrieved August 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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