1941 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1941 Penn State Nittany Lions football team was an American football team that represented the Pennsylvania State College as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach Bob Higgins, the team compiled a 7–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 200 to 78.[1] The team played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1941 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
1941 record	7–2
Head coach	Bob Higgins (12th season)
Home stadium	New Beaver Field

1941 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 Duquesne			–					8	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Fordham			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 15 Penn			–					7	–	1	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					7	–	2	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					5	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	2	–	1
Boston College			–					7	–	3	–	0
Hofstra			–					5	–	2	–	0
Drexel Tech			–					4	–	2	–	1
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	0
Army			–					5	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	0
Dartmouth			–					5	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Manhattan			–					4	–	4	–	1
Holy Cross			–					4	–	4	–	2
Colgate			–					3	–	3	–	2
Buffalo			–					3	–	4	–	1
Massachusetts State			–					3	–	4	–	1
Columbia			–					3	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	6	–	0
Princeton			–					2	–	6	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	7	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					1	–	7	–	0
Yale			–					1	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Penn State's Len Krouse was selected by the Associated Press as a second-team back on the 1941 All-Eastern football team.[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	at Colgate	Civic Stadium Buffalo, NY	L 0–7	13,000	[3]
October 11	Bucknell	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 27–13	16,000	[4]
October 18	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–14	25,000	[5]
October 25	Lehigh	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 40–6	12,000	[6]
October 31	at NYU	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 42–0	10,691	[7]
November 8	No. 18 Syracuse	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 34–19	16,000	[8]
November 15	West Virginia	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 7–0	11,000	[9][10]
November 22	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	W 31–7	33,000	[11]
November 29	at South Carolina	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	W 19–12	12,000	[12]
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1941 Penn State Nittany Lions Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
2. "MacKinney and Peabody on A.P. Eastern Eleven". The Boston Daily Globe. December 5, 1941. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Colgate Defeats Penn State, 7-0". New York Daily News. October 5, 1941. p. 39C – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Penn State Downs Bucknell: Lions Spurt To Overcome Bisons, 27-13". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 12, 1941. p. 2S – via Newspapers.com.
5. Stan Baumgartner (October 19, 1941). "Temple Stops State: Sutch and Tomasic Lead Owls To 14-0 Victory Over Lions". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Penn State Times Lehigh, 40-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 26, 1941. p. 2S – via Newspapers.com.
7. Jack Smith (November 1, 1941). "State Smothers Violets, 42-0". New York Daily News. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Fred Byrod (November 9, 1941). "Penn State Sinks Syracuse, 34-19". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Penn State Aerial Turns Back West Virginia, 7 to 0". The Pittsburgh Press. November 16, 1941. p. III-11 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Penn State Topples West Virginia". The Sunday News (Lancaster, Pennsylvania). November 16, 1941. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Chester L. Smith (November 23, 1941). "Penn State Crushes Pitt, 31-7, In Stadium Upset: 'Pepper' Petrella Hero In Great Win". The Pittsburgh Press. p. III-9 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Penn State Rolls Over South Carolina Gamecocks, 19-12". Greenville News. November 30, 1941. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.