Penn State Nittany Lions football under Rip Engle

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Rip Engle coached the Penn State Nittany Lions football teams from 1950 to 1965, after coaching at Brown University for six seasons. When Engle was hired at Penn State, he brought with him his former quarterback Joe Paterno as an assistant coach. In Engle's sixteen seasons at Penn State, he compiled a 104-48-4 record and a .679 winning percentage.

His teams played their home games at New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania through 1959. Starting in 1960, his teams played their home games at Beaver Stadium, after the entire 30,000 seat stadium was dismantled and moved across campus, reassembled and expanded.

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[edit] 1950 season

1950 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference Independent
1950 Record 5-3-1
Head Coach Rip Engle
Seasons
« 1949 1951 »
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
09/30/1950 Georgetown New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 34-14 
10/07/1950 at #4 Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY L 7-41 
10/14/1950 at Syracuse Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY L 7-27 
10/21/1950 at Nebraska Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE L 0-19 
10/28/1950† Temple New Beaver Field • State College, PA T 7-7 
11/04/1950 at Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA W 20-13 
11/11/1950 West Virginia New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 27-0 
11/18/1950 Rutgers New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 18-14 
12/02/1950 at Pittsburgh Forbes Field • Pittsburgh, PA W 21-20 
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.


[edit] 1951 season

1951 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference Independent
1951 Record 5-4
Head Coach Rip Engle
Seasons
« 1950 1952 »
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
09/29/1951 Boston U. New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 40-34 
10/06/1951 vs. Villanova Allentown, PA L 14-20 
10/13/1951 at Nebraska Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE W 15-7 
10/20/1951† #3 Michigan State New Beaver Field • State College, PA L 21-32 
10/27/1951 West Virginia New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 13-7 
11/03/1951 at Purdue Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN L 0-28 
11/10/1951 Syracuse New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 32-13 
11/17/1951 at Rutgers Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ W 13-7 
11/24/1951 at Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA L 7-13 
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.


[edit] 1952 season

1952 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference Independent
1952 Record 7-2-1
Head Coach Rip Engle
Seasons
« 1951 1953 »
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
09/20/1952 Temple New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 20-13 
09/27/1952 Purdue New Beaver Field • State College, PA T 20-20 
10/04/1952 William & Mary New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 35-23 
10/11/1952 at West Virginia #20 Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV W 35-21 
10/18/1952† Nebraska #19 New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 10-0 
10/25/1952 at #1 Michigan State #19 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI L 7-34 
11/01/1952 at #17 Pennsylvania Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 14-7 
11/08/1952 at Syracuse #15 Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY L 7-25 
11/15/1952 Rutgers New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 7-6 
11/22/1952 at #16 Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA W 17-0 
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.


[edit] 1953 season

1953 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference Independent
1953 Record 6-3
Head Coach Rip Engle
Seasons
« 1952 1954 »
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
09/26/1953 at Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI L 0-20 
10/03/1953 at Pennsylvania Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA L 7-13 
10/10/1953 at Boston U. Nickerson Field • Boston, MA W 35-13 
10/17/1953 Syracuse New Beaver Field • University Park, PA W 20-14 
10/24/1953† TCU New Beaver Field • University Park, PA W 27-21 
10/31/1953 West Virginia New Beaver Field • University Park, PA L 19-20 
11/07/1953 Fordham New Beaver Field • University Park, PA W 28-21 
11/14/1953 at Rutgers Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ W 54-26 
11/21/1953 at Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA W 17-0 
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.


[edit] 1954 season

1954 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference Independent
Ranking
Coaches #16
AP #20
1954 Record 7-2
Head Coach Rip Engle
Seasons
« 1953 1955 »
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
09/25/1954 at #6 Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 14-12 
10/02/1954 at Syracuse #10 Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY W 13-0 
10/09/1954 Virginia #12 New Beaver Field • University Park, PA W 34-7 
10/16/1954† #14 West Virginia #9 New Beaver Field • University Park, PA L 14-19 
10/23/1954 at #20 TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 7-20 
10/30/1954 at Pennsylvania Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 35-13 
11/06/1954 Holy Cross New Beaver Field • University Park, PA W 39-7 
11/13/1954 Rutgers New Beaver Field • University Park, PA W 37-14 
11/20/1954 at Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA W 13-0 
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.


[edit] 1955 season

1955 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference Independent
1955 Record 5-4
Head Coach Rip Engle
Seasons
« 1954 1956 »
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
09/24/1955 Boston U. New Beaver Field • University Park, PA W 35-0 
10/01/1955 at #6 Army #18 Michie Stadium • West Point, NY L 6-35 
10/08/1955 at Virginia City Stadium • Richmond, VA W 26-7 
10/15/1955† #8 Navy New Beaver Field • University Park, PA L 14-34 
10/22/1955 at #8 West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV L 7-21 
10/29/1955 at Pennsylvania Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 20-0 
11/05/1955 #18 Syracuse New Beaver Field • University Park, PA W 21-20 
11/12/1955 at Rutgers Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ W 34-13 
11/19/1955 #15 Pittsburgh New Beaver Field • University Park, PA L 0-20 
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.


[edit] 1956 season

1956 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference Independent
1956 Record 6-2-1
Head Coach Rip Engle
Seasons
« 1955 1957 »
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
09/29/1956 at Pennsylvania Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 34-0 
10/08/1956 at #15 Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY L 7-14 
10/13/1956† Holy Cross New Beaver Field • University Park, PA W 43-0 
10/20/1956 at #5 Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 7-6 
10/27/1956 West Virginia #18 New Beaver Field • University Park, PA W 16-6 
11/03/1956 at #17 Syracuse #12 Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY L 9-13 
11/10/1956 Boston U. New Beaver Field • University Park, PA W 40-7 
11/17/1956 North Carolina State New Beaver Field • University Park, PA W 14-7 
11/24/1956 at #14 Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA T 7-7 
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.


[edit] 1957 season

1957 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference Independent
1957 Record 6-3
Head Coach Rip Engle
Seasons
« 1956 1958 »
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
09/28/1957 at Pennsylvania #19 Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 19-14 
10/05/1957 #12 Army New Beaver Field • University Park, PA L 13-27 
10/12/1957 William & Mary New Beaver Field • University Park, PA W 21-13 
10/19/1957† Vanderbilt New Beaver Field • University Park, PA L 20-32 
10/26/1957 at Syracuse Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY W 20-12 
11/02/1957 West Virginia New Beaver Field • University Park, PA W 27-6 
11/09/1957 at Marquette Marquette Stadium • Milwaukee, WI W 20-7 
11/16/1957 at Holy Cross Fitton Field • Worcester, MA W 14-10 
11/23/1957 at Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA L 13-14 
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.


[edit] 1958 season

1958 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference Independent
1958 Record 6-3-1
Head Coach Rip Engle
Seasons
« 1957 1959 »
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
09/20/1958 at Nebraska Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE L 7-14 
09/27/1958 at Pennsylvania Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 43-0 
10/04/1958 at #5 Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY L 0-26 
10/11/1958† Marquette New Beaver Field • University Park, PA W 40-8 
10/18/1958 at Boston U. Nickerson Field • Boston, MA W 34-0 
10/25/1958 Syracuse New Beaver Field • University Park, PA L 6-14 
11/01/1958 Furman New Beaver Field • University Park, PA W 36-0 
11/08/1958 at West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV T 14-14 
11/15/1958 Holy Cross New Beaver Field • University Park, PA W 32-0 
11/27/1958 at #19 Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA W 25-21 
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.


[edit] 1959 season

1959 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Liberty Bowl, defeated Alabama 7-0
Conference Independent
Ranking
Coaches #10
AP #12
1959 Record 9-2
Head Coach Rip Engle
Seasons
« 1958 1960 »
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
09/19/1959 at Missouri Faurot Field • Columbia, MO W 19-8 
09/26/1959 VMI #18 New Beaver Field • University Park, PA W 21-0 
10/03/1959 Colgate New Beaver Field • University Park, PA W 58-20 
10/10/1959 at Army #16 Michie Stadium • West Point, NY W 17-11 
10/17/1959† Boston U. #10 New Beaver Field • University Park, PA W 21-12 
10/24/1959 vs. #13 Illinois #8 Cleveland Municipal Stadium • Cleveland, OH W 20-9 
10/31/1959 at West Virginia #7 Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV W 28-10 
11/07/1959 #4 Syracuse #7 New Beaver Field • University Park, PA L 18-20 
11/14/1959 Holy Cross #10 New Beaver Field • University Park, PA W 46-0 
11/21/1959 at Pittsburgh #7 Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA L 7-22 
12/19/1959 vs. #11 Alabama #14 John F. Kennedy Stadium • Philadelphia, PA (Liberty Bowl) W 7-0 
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.


[edit] 1960 season

1960 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Liberty Bowl, defeated Oregon 41-12
Conference Independent
Ranking
AP #16
1960 Record 7-3
Head Coach Rip Engle
Seasons
« 1959 1961 »
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
09/17/1960 Boston U. #19 Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA W 20-0 
10/01/1960† #19 Missouri #20 Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA L 8-21 
10/08/1960 at #18 Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY W 27-16 
10/15/1960 at #4 Syracuse #20 Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY L 15-21 
10/22/1960 at Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL L 8-10 
10/29/1960 West Virginia Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA W 34-13 
11/05/1960 Maryland Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA W 28-9 
11/12/1960 at Holy Cross Fitton Field • Worcester, MA W 33-8 
11/19/1960 at Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA W 14-3 
12/17/1960 vs. Oregon #15 John F. Kennedy Stadium • Philadelphia, PA (Liberty Bowl) W 41-12 
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.


[edit] 1961 season

1961 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Gator Bowl, defeated Georgia Tech 30-15
Conference Independent
Ranking
Coaches #19
AP #17
1961 Record 8-3
Head Coach Rip Engle
Seasons
« 1960 1962 »
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
09/23/1961 Navy #7 Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA W 20-10 
09/29/1961 at Miami #8 Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL L 8-25 
10/06/1961 at Boston U. Nickerson Field • Boston, MA W 32-0 
10/14/1961 Army Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA L 6-10 
10/21/1961 Syracuse Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA W 14-0 
10/28/1961† Cal Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA W 33-16 
11/04/1961 at Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD L 17-21 
11/11/1961 at West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV W 20-6 
11/18/1961 Holy Cross Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA W 34-14 
11/25/1961 at Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA W 47-26 
12/30/1961 vs. Georgia Tech Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl) W 30-15 
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.


[edit] 1962 season

1962 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Gator Bowl, lost to Florida 7-17
Conference Independent
Ranking
Coaches #9
AP #9
1962 Record 9-2
Head Coach Rip Engle
Seasons
« 1961 1963 »
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
09/22/1962 Navy #9 Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA W 41-7 
09/29/1962 Air Force #4 Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA W 20-6 
10/06/1962 at Rice #4 Rice Stadium • Houston, TX W 18-7 
10/13/1962 at Army #3 Michie Stadium • West Point, NY L 6-9 
10/20/1962† Syracuse Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA W 20-19 
10/27/1962 at Cal California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA W 23-21 
11/03/1962 Maryland Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA W 23-7 
11/10/1962 West Virginia Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA W 34-6 
11/17/1962 at Holy Cross Fitton Field • Worcester, MA W 48-20 
11/24/1962 at Pittsburgh #9 Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA W 16-0 
12/29/1962 vs. Florida #9 Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl) L 7-17 
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.


[edit] 1963 season

1963 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference Independent
Ranking
Coaches #16
1963 Record 7-3
Head Coach Rip Engle
Seasons
« 1962 1964 »
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
09/21/1963 at Oregon Hayward Field • Eugene, OR W 17-7 
09/28/1963 UCLA Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA W 17-14 
10/05/1963† Rice Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA W 28-7 
10/12/1963 Army #9 Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA L 7-10 
10/19/1963 at Syracuse Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY L 0-9 
10/26/1963 West Virginia Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA W 20-9 
11/02/1963 at Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD W 17-15 
11/09/1963 at #10 Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 10-7 
11/16/1963 Holy Cross Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA W 28-14 
12/07/1963 at #4 Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA L 21-22 
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.


[edit] 1964 season

1964 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference Independent
Ranking
Coaches #14
1964 Record 6-4
Head Coach Rip Engle
Seasons
« 1963 1965 »
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
09/19/1964 #10 Navy Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA L 8-21 
09/26/1964 at UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA L 14-21 
10/03/1964 Oregon Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA L 14-22 
10/10/1964 at Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY W 6-2 
10/17/1964† #7 Syracuse Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA L 14-21 
10/24/1964 at West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV W 37-8 
10/31/1964 Maryland Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA W 17-9 
11/07/1964 at #2 Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 27-0 
11/14/1964 at Houston Jeppesen Stadium • Houston, TX W 24-7 
11/21/1964 Pittsburgh Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA W 28-0 
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.


[edit] 1965 season

1965 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference Independent
1965 Record 5-5
Head Coach Rip Engle
Seasons
« 1964 1966 »
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
09/25/1965 Michigan State Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA L 0-23 
10/02/1965 UCLA Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA L 22-24 
10/09/1965 at Boston College Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA W 17-0 
10/16/1965 at Syracuse Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY L 21-28 
10/23/1965† West Virginia Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA W 44-6 
10/30/1965 at Cal California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA L 17-21 
11/06/1965 Kent State Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA W 21-6 
11/13/1965 Navy Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA W 14-6 
11/20/1965 at Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA L 27-30 
12/04/1965 at Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD W 19-7 
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.


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1949 season		 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
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