Penn State Nittany Lions football under Bob Higgins

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Bob Higgins coached the Penn State Nittany Lions football teams from 1930 to 1948. In his nineteen seasons, he compiled a 91-57-11 record and a .607 winning percentage. His teams played their home games at New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

[edit] 1930 season

1930 Penn State Nittany Lions football

Conference

Independent

1930 Record

3-4-2

Head Coach

Bob Higgins

Previous Season	Next Season
1929	1931

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
09/27/1930	Niagara	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 31-14
10/04/1930	Lebanon Valley	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 27-0
10/11/1930	Marshall	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 65-0
10/18/1930	@ Lafayette	Easton, PA	T 0-0
10/25/1930†	Colgate	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	L 0-40
11/01/1930	@ Bucknell	Lewisburg, PA	L 7-19
11/08/1930	Syracuse	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	T 0-0
11/15/1930	@ Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	L 0-19
11/26/1930	@ Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	L 12-19
^†Homecoming.

[edit] 1931 season

1931 Penn State Nittany Lions football

Conference

Independent

1931 Record

2-8

Head Coach

Bob Higgins

Previous Season	Next Season
1930	1932

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
09/26/1931	Waynesburg	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	L 0-7
10/03/1931	Lebanon Valley	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 19-6
10/10/1931	@ Temple	Philadelphia, PA	L 0-12
10/17/1931	Dickinson	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	L 6-10
10/24/1931	@ Syracuse	Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY	L 0-7
10/31/1931†	Pittsburgh	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	L 6-41
11/08/1931	Colgate	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	L 7-32
11/14/1931	@ Lafayette	Easton, PA	L 0-33
11/21/1931	@ West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	L 0-19
11/28/1931	vs. Lehigh	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 31-0
^†Homecoming.

[edit] 1932 season

1932 Penn State Nittany Lions football

Conference

Independent

1932 Record

2-5

Head Coach

Bob Higgins

Previous Season	Next Season
1931	1933

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
10/01/1932	Lebanon Valley	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 27-0
10/08/1932	Waynesburg	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	L 6-7
10/15/1932	@ Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA	L 13-46
10/22/1932†	Syracuse	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	L 6-12
10/29/1932	@ Colgate	Hamilton, NY	L 0-31
11/05/1932	Sewanee (U. of the South)	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 18-6
11/12/1932	@ Temple	Philadelphia, PA	L 12-13
^†Homecoming.

[edit] 1933 season

1933 Penn State Nittany Lions football

Conference

Independent

1933 Record

3-3-1

Head Coach

Bob Higgins

Previous Season	Next Season
1932	1934

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
10/07/1933	Lebanon Valley	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 32-6
10/14/1933	Muhlenberg	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	L 0-3
10/21/1933†	Lehigh	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 33-0
10/28/1933	@ Columbia	New York, NY	L 0-33
11/04/1933	@ Syracuse	Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY	L 6-12
11/11/1933	Johns Hopkins	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 40-6
11/18/1933	@ Pennsylvania	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	T 6-6
^†Homecoming.

[edit] 1934 season

1934 Penn State Nittany Lions football

Conference

Independent

1934 Record

4-4

Head Coach

Bob Higgins

Previous Season	Next Season
1933	1935

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
10/06/1934	Lebanon Valley	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 13-0
10/13/1934	Gettysburg	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 32-6
10/20/1934	@ Lehigh	Taylor Stadium • Bethlehem, PA	W 31-0
10/27/1934	@ Columbia	New York, NY	L 7-14
11/03/1934†	Syracuse	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	L 0-16
11/10/1934	@ Pennsylvania	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	L 0-3
11/17/1934	Lafayette	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 25-6
11/24/1934	@ Bucknell	Lewisburg, PA	L 7-13
^†Homecoming.

[edit] 1935 season

1935 Penn State Nittany Lions football

Conference

Independent

1935 Record

4-4

Head Coach

Bob Higgins

Previous Season	Next Season
1934	1936

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
10/05/1935	Lebanon Valley	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 12-6
10/12/1935	Western Maryland	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 2-0
10/19/1935†	Lehigh	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 26-0
10/26/1935	@ Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	L 0-9
11/02/1935	@ Syracuse	Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY	L 3-7
11/09/1935	Villanova	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 27-13
11/16/1935	@ Pennsylvania	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	L 6-33
11/23/1935	@ Bucknell	Lewisburg, PA	L 0-2
^†Homecoming.

[edit] 1936 season

1936 Penn State Nittany Lions football

Conference

Independent

1936 Record

3-5

Head Coach

Bob Higgins

Previous Season	Next Season
1935	1937

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
10/03/1936	Muhlenberg	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 45-0
10/10/1936†	Villanova	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	L 0-13
10/17/1936	@ Lehigh	Taylor Stadium • Bethlehem, PA	L 6-7
10/24/1936	@ Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	L 7-13
10/31/1936	Syracuse	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 18-0
11/07/1936	@ #5 Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	L 7-34
11/14/1936	@ #11 Pennsylvania	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	L 12-19
11/21/1936	Bucknell	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 14-0
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

[edit] 1937 season

1937 Penn State Nittany Lions football

Conference

Independent

1937 Record

5-3

Head Coach

Bob Higgins

Previous Season	Next Season
1936	1938

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
09/25/1937	@ Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	L 19-26
10/02/1937	Gettysburg	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 32-6
10/09/1937†	Bucknell	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 20-14
10/16/1937	Lehigh	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 14-7
10/30/1937	@ Syracuse	Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY	L 13-19
11/06/1937	@ Pennsylvania	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 7-0
11/13/1937	Maryland	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 21-14
11/20/1937	@ #1 Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	L 7-28
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

[edit] 1938 season

1938 Penn State Nittany Lions football

Conference

Independent

1938 Record

3-4-1

Head Coach

Bob Higgins

Previous Season	Next Season
1937	1939

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
10/01/1938	Maryland	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 33-0
10/08/1938†	Bucknell	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	L 0-14
10/15/1938	@ Lehigh	Taylor Stadium • Bethlehem, PA	W 59-6
10/22/1938	@ Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	L 6-21
10/29/1938	Syracuse	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 33-6
11/05/1938	Lafayette	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	L 0-7
11/12/1938	@ Pennsylvania	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	T 7-7
11/19/1938	@ #5 Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	L 0-26
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

[edit] 1939 season

1939 Penn State Nittany Lions football

Conference

Independent

1939 Record

5-1-2

Head Coach

Bob Higgins

Previous Season	Next Season
1938	1940

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
10/07/1939	Bucknell	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 13-3
10/14/1939†	Lehigh	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 49-7
10/21/1939	@ #12 Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	L 0-47
10/28/1939	@ Syracuse	Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY	T 6-6
11/04/1939	Maryland	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 12-0
11/11/1939	@ Pennsylvania	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 10-0
11/18/1939	@ Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	T 14-14
11/25/1939	Pittsburgh	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 10-0
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

[edit] 1940 season

1940 Penn State Nittany Lions football

Conference

Independent

1940 Record

6-1-1

Head Coach

Bob Higgins

Previous Season	Next Season
1939	1941

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
10/05/1940	Bucknell		New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 9-0
10/12/1940†	West Virginia		New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 17-13
10/19/1940	@ Lehigh		Taylor Stadium • Bethlehem, PA	W 34-0
10/26/1940	@ Temple		Philadelphia, PA	W 18-0
11/02/1940	South Carolina	#18	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 12-0
11/09/1940	@ Syracuse	#16	Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY	T 13-13
11/16/1940	New York U.	#20	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 25-0
11/23/1940	@ Pittsburgh	#20	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	L 7-20
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

[edit] 1941 season

1941 Penn State Nittany Lions football

Conference

Independent

1941 Record

7-2

Head Coach

Bob Higgins

Previous Season	Next Season
1940	1942

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
10/04/1941	@ Colgate	Civic Stadium • Buffalo, NY	L 0-7
10/11/1941†	Bucknell	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 27-13
10/18/1941	@ Temple	Philadelphia, PA	L 0-14
10/25/1941	Lehigh	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 40-6
10/31/1941	@ New York U.	Polo Grounds • New York, NY	W 42-0
11/08/1941	#18 Syracuse	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 34-19
11/15/1941	West Virginia	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 7-0
11/22/1941	@ Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	W 31-7
11/29/1941	@ South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	W 19-12
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

[edit] 1942 season

1942 Penn State Nittany Lions football

Conference

Independent

Ranking

#19

1942 Record

6-1-1

Head Coach

Bob Higgins

Previous Season	Next Season
1941	1943

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
10/03/1942	Bucknell	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 14-7
10/10/1942	@ Lehigh	Taylor Stadium • Bethlehem, PA	W 19-3
10/17/1942	@ Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	T 0-0
10/24/1942†	Colgate	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 13-10
10/31/1942	@ West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	L 0-24
11/07/1942	Syracuse	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 18-13
11/14/1942	@ #17 Pennsylvania	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 13-7
11/21/1942	Pittsburgh	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 14-6
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

[edit] 1943 season

1943 Penn State Nittany Lions football

Conference

Independent

1943 Record

5-3-1

Head Coach

Bob Higgins

Previous Season	Next Season
1942	1944

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
09/25/1943	Bucknell	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 14-0
10/02/1943	@ North Carolina	Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	L 0-19
10/09/1943†	Colgate	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	T 0-0
10/16/1943	@ #3 Navy	Annapolis, MD	L 6-14
10/23/1943	@ Maryland	College Park, MD	W 45-0
10/30/1943	West Virginia	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 32-7
11/06/1943	@ Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	L 0-13
11/13/1943	Temple	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 13-0
11/20/1943	@ Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	W 14-0
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

[edit] 1944 season

1944 Penn State Nittany Lions football

Conference

Independent

1944 Record

6-3

Head Coach

Bob Higgins

Previous Season	Next Season
1943	1945

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
09/30/1944	Muhlenberg	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 58-13
10/07/1944	@ Navy	Annapolis, MD	L 14-55
10/14/1944†	Bucknell	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 20-6
10/21/1944	@ Colgate	Hamilton, NY	W 6-0
10/28/1944	West Virginia	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	L 27-28
11/04/1944	@ Syracuse	Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY	W 41-0
11/11/1944	@ Temple	Philadelphia, PA	W 7-6
11/18/1944	Maryland	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 34-19
11/25/1944	@ Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	L 0-14
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

[edit] 1945 season

1945 Penn State Nittany Lions football

Conference

Independent

1945 Record

5-3

Head Coach

Bob Higgins

Previous Season	Next Season
1944	1946

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
09/29/1945	Muhlenberg		New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 47-7
10/06/1945†	Colgate		New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 27-7
10/13/1945	@ #2 Navy		Annapolis, MD	L 0-28
10/20/1945	@ Bucknell		Lewisburg, PA	W 46-7
11/03/1945	Syracuse		New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 26-0
11/10/1945	Temple		New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 27-0
11/17/1945	@ Michigan State	#12	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	L 0-33
11/24/1945	@ Pittsburgh		Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	L 0-7
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

[edit] 1946 season

1946 Penn State Nittany Lions football

Conference

Independent

1946 Record

6-2

Head Coach

Bob Higgins

Previous Season	Next Season
1945	1947

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
10/05/1946	Bucknell	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 48-6
10/12/1946	@ Syracuse	Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY	W 9-0
10/19/1946†	Michigan State	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	L 16-19
10/26/1946	@ Colgate	Hamilton, NY	W 6-2
11/02/1946	Fordham	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 68-0
11/09/1946	Temple	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 26-0
11/16/1946	@ Navy	Annapolis, MD	W 12-7
11/23/1946	@ Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	L 7-14
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

[edit] 1947 season

1947 Penn State Nittany Lions football

Conference

Independent

Ranking

1947 Record

9-0-1

Head Coach

Bob Higgins

Previous Season	Next Season
1946	1948

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
09/20/1947	vs. Washington State		Hersheypark Stadium • Hershey, PA	W 27-4
10/04/1947	Bucknell		New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 54-0
10/11/1947	@ Fordham	#12	New York, NY	W 75-0
10/18/1947†	Syracuse	#9	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 40-0
10/25/1947	West Virginia	#9	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 21-14
11/01/1947	Colgate	#7	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 46-0
11/08/1947	@ Temple	#7	Philadelphia, PA	W 7-0
11/15/1947	vs. Navy	#8	Memorial Stadium • Balitmore	W 20-7
11/22/1947	@ Pittsburgh	#5	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	W 29-0
01/01/1948	vs. #4 SMU	#5	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl)	T 13-13
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

[edit] 1948 season

1948 Penn State Nittany Lions football

Conference

Independent

Ranking

#18

1948 Record

7-1-1

Head Coach

Bob Higgins

Previous Season	Next Season
1947	1949

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
10/02/1948	Bucknell		New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 35-0
10/08/1948	@ Syracuse	#10	Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY	W 34-14
10/16/1948	West Virginia	#9	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 37-7
10/23/1948†	#19 Michigan State	#8	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	T 14-14
10/30/1948	@ Colgate	#12	Hamilton, NY	W 32-13
11/06/1948	@ #7 Pennsylvania	#14	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 13-0
11/13/1948	Temple	#5	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 47-0
11/20/1948	@ Pittsburgh	#6	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	L 0-7
11/27/1948	@ Washington State	#18	Tacoma, WA	W 7-0
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

Penn State's Game-By-Game Results. Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved on February 12, 2007.
AP Poll and BCS Ranking History. SoonerStats.com. Retrieved on February 12, 2007.

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Penn State Nittany Lions football under Bob Higgins

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[edit] 1932 season

[edit] 1933 season

[edit] 1934 season

[edit] 1935 season

[edit] 1936 season

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