1945 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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.

1945 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
1945 record	5–3
Head coach	Bob Higgins (16th season)
Home stadium	New Beaver Field

1945 Eastern college football independents records
	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
Drexel			–					2	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth			–					1	–	6	–	1
Syracuse			–					1	–	6	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 29	Muhlenberg		New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 47–7
October 6	Colgate		New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 27–7
October 13	at No. 2 Navy		Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 0–28
October 20	at Bucknell		Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 46–7
November 3	Syracuse		New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 26–0
November 10	Temple		New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 27–0
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
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 10, 2015.