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1949 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainRobert C. Hicks, Neg Norton
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Eastern college football independents records
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Saint Vincent     10 0 0
    No.4Army     9 0 0
    Trinity (CT)     8 0 0
    Brown     8 1 0
    No.12Cornell     8 1 0
    No.13Villanova     8 1 0
    Bucknell     6 2 0
    Dartmouth     6 2 0
    Buffalo     6 3 0
    Pittsburgh     6 3 0
    Princeton     6 3 0
    Fordham     5 3 0
    Tufts     5 3 1
    Carnegie Tech     5 3 1
    Penn State     5 4 0
    Temple     5 4 0
    Penn     4 4 0
    Yale     4 4 0
    Boston College     4 4 1
    Syracuse     4 5 0
    Drexel     3 3 1
    Duquesne     3 6 0
    Franklin & Marshall     2 5 2
    CCNY     2 5 1
    NYU     3 6 0
    Columbia     2 7 0
    Hofstra     1 5 1
    Colgate     1 8 0
    Harvard     1 8 0
    Rankings from AP Poll

    The 1949 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1949 college football season. The team was coached by Joe Bedenk. He was named head coach after coaching the line for several years. After a single 5–4 season, Bedenk requested a return to coaching the line, and Penn State brought in Rip Engle as head coach The team played its home games in New Beaver FieldinState College, Pennsylvania.

    Schedule[edit]

    DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
    September 24Villanova
  • State College, PA
  • L 6–2722,080
    October 1atArmy
  • West Point, NY
  • L 7–4227,000
    October 8Boston College
    • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
  • W 32–1418,041
    October 15Nebraskadagger
    • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
  • W 22–723,956
    October 22at No. 15Michigan State
  • East Lansing, MI (rivalry)
  • L 0–2444,746
    October 29Syracuse
    • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
  • W 33–2118,758
    November 5atWest Virginia
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
  • W 34–1421,000
    November 12atTemple
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • W 28–718,000[1]
    November 19atPittsburgh
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
  • L 0–1943,308
    • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • References[edit]

    1. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (November 13, 1949). "Penn State's Power Turns Back Temple". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.


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