1932 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1932 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1932 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1932 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Collins
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
← 1931
1933 →
1932 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Colgate     9 0 0
Brown     7 1 0
Columbia     7 1 1
Pittsburgh     8 1 2
No. 8 Army     8 2 0
Drexel     5 1 1
Massachusetts State     7 2 0
Villanova     7 2 0
Duquesne     7 2 1
Fordham     6 2 0
Penn     6 2 0
Temple     5 1 2
Tufts     5 1 2
Cornell     5 2 1
Franklin & Marshall     4 2 1
Boston College     4 2 2
La Salle     4 2 2
Harvard     5 3 0
NYU     5 3 0
Washington & Jefferson     5 3 1
Manhattan     6 3 2
Carnegie Tech     4 3 2
Bucknell     4 4 1
Syracuse     4 4 1
Princeton     2 2 3
Yale     2 2 3
Boston University     2 3 2
Vermont     2 4 1
CCNY     2 5 0
Penn State     2 5 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1Lebanon ValleyW 27–02,500
October 8Waynesburg
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
L 6–74,000
October 15at HarvardL 13–4620,000[2]
October 22Syracuse 
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
L 6–126,000
October 29at ColgateHamilton, NYL 0–314,000
November 5Sewanee
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 18–65,500[3]
November 12at TempleL 12–1315,000
  •  Homecoming

References

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  1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1930-1934)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "Harvard Swamps Penn State, 46-13". The Pittsburgh Press. October 16, 1932. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "State comes back to down Sewanee". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 6, 1932. Retrieved August 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.