1953 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1953 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1953 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Rip Engle and played its home games in New Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.

1953 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
1953 record	6–3
Head coach	Rip Engle (4th season)
Home stadium	New Beaver Field

1953 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 14 Army			–					7	–	1	–	1
Harvard			–					6	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					5	–	2	–	2
Penn State			–					6	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	3	–	1
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	1
Princeton			–					5	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					4	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					4	–	3	–	2
Holy Cross			–					5	–	5	–	0
Temple			–					4	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	2
Columbia			–					4	–	5	–	0
Fordham			–					4	–	5	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	6	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					3	–	5	–	1
Penn			–					3	–	5	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	5	–	1
Dartmouth			–					2	–	7	–	0
Buffalo			–					1	–	5	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 26	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 0–20
October 3	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 7–13
October 10	at Boston University	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	W 35–13
October 17	Syracuse	New Beaver Field University Park, PA (rivalry)	W 20–14
October 24	TCU	New Beaver Field University Park, PA	W 27–21
October 31	West Virginia	New Beaver Field University Park, PA (rivalry)	L 19–20
November 7	Fordham	New Beaver Field University Park, PA	W 28–21
November 14	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 54–26
November 21	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	W 17–0
Homecoming

References

1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.