1930 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4–2
Head coach
CaptainFrank Diedrich
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
1930 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Colgate    9 1 0
Fordham    8 1 0
No. 9 Army    9 1 1
No. 8 Dartmouth    7 1 1
NYU    7 3 0
Cornell    6 2 0
Pittsburgh    6 2 1
Washington & Jefferson    6 2 1
Tufts    5 2 0
Temple    7 3 0
Bucknell    6 3 0
Carnegie Tech    6 3 0
Duquesne    6 3 0
Syracuse    5 2 2
Yale    5 2 2
CCNY    5 2 1
Brown    6 3 1
Drexel    6 3 1
Franklin & Marshall    5 3 1
Manhattan    4 3 1
Columbia    5 4 0
Penn    5 4 0
Boston College    5 5 0
Villanova    5 5 0
Penn State    3 4 2
Harvard    3 4 1
Providence    3 4 1
Princeton    1 5 1
Boston University    1 7 1
Vermont    1 7 1
Massachusetts    1 8 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1930 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1930 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27NiagaraW 31–144,000[2]
October 4Lebanon Valley
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 27–04,000[3]
October 11Marshall
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 65–05,000[4]
October 18at LafayetteT 0–0[5]
October 25Colgatedagger
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
L 0–4015,000[6]
November 1at BucknellL 7–1915,000[7]
November 8Syracuse
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
T 0–07,000[8]
November 15at IowaL 0–1920,000[9]
November 26at PittsburghL 12–1910,000[10]
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  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. "Fighting Niagara eleven succumbs to Penn State, 31–14". Democrat and Chronicle. September 28, 1930. Retrieved June 4, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Penn State downs Lebanon Valley 27–0". Oakland Tribune. October 5, 1930. Retrieved June 4, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Penn State wins, 65–0". The Pittsburgh Press. October 12, 1930. Retrieved June 4, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Lafayette shows reversal of form and holds Penn State foes to scoreless tie". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 19, 1930. Retrieved May 21, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Colgate scores 40–0 win over Penn State". Allentown Morning Call. October 26, 1930. Retrieved May 22, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Bucknell beats State". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 2, 1930. Retrieved June 4, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Syracuse holds Penn State eleven". Allentown Morning Call. November 9, 1930. Retrieved June 4, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Iowa outclasses Penn State, 19–0". Sunday News. November 16, 1930. Retrieved May 20, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Pitt Defeats Penn State By 19 to 12 Score". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 28, 1930. pp. 1, 18 via Newspapers.com.


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