1949 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

American college football season

1949 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–4
Head coach	Joe Bedenk (1st season)
Captain	Robert C. Hicks, Neg Norton
Home stadium	New Beaver Field
Seasons ← 1948 1950 →

1949 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Saint Vincent		–		10	–	0	–	0
No. 4 Army		–		9	–	0	–	0
Trinity (CT)		–		8	–	0	–	0
Brown		–		8	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Cornell		–		8	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Villanova		–		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 Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Villanova	New Beaver Field State College, PA	L 6–27	22,080
October 1	at Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 7–42	27,000
October 8	Boston College	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 32–14	18,041
October 15	Nebraska	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 22–7	23,956
October 22	at No. 15 Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)	L 0–24	44,746
October 29	Syracuse	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 33–21	18,758
November 5	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	W 34–14	21,000
November 12	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 28–7	18,000	^[1]
November 19	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 0–19	43,308
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

^ 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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Culture & lore	Nittany Lion "Fight On, State" Penn State Blue Band Uplifting Athletes Joe Paterno statue Something for Joey 1982 Nebraska game Child sex abuse scandal 2016 Ohio State game Paterno White Out 2021 Illinois game
People	Head coaches All-Americans Statistical leaders NFL draftees
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