1923 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

American college football season

1923 Penn State Nittany Lions football

Conference| Independent
Record| 6–2–1
Head coach|

* Hugo Bezdek (6th season)

Captain| Joe Bedenk
Home stadium| New Beaver Field

Seasons

<- 1922

1924 ->

1923 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0
St. John's |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 1
Dartmouth |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 1
Rutgers |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 1
Washington & Jefferson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
Holy Cross |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Lafayette |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 2
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Geneva |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Lehigh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Vermont |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 1
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1
Carnegie Tech |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Pittsburgh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Columbia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Duquesne |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 1
Franklin & Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Drexel |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0
Buffalo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 1
Fordham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0
Boston University |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 7  | - | 1
Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0
CCNY |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 7  | - | 0
Springfield |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 7  | - | 0

The 1923 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State College in the 1923 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Hugo Bezdek and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 29| | Lebanon Valley|

* New Beaver Field
* State College, PA

| W 58–0| 3,000|
October 6| | NC State|

* New Beaver Field
* State College, PA

| W 16–0| 3,000| [2]
October 13| | Gettysburg|

* New Beaver Field
* State College, PA

| W 20–0| 3,000|
October 20| | Navy|

* New Beaver Field
* State College, PA

| W 21–3| 20,000|
October 27| | vs. West Virginia|

* Yankee Stadium
* Bronx, NY (rivalry)

| T 13–13| 50,000| [3]
November 3| | at Syracuse|

* Archbold Stadium
* Syracuse, NY (rivalry)

| L 0–10| 25,000|
November 10| 2:30 p.m.| Georgia Tech|

* New Beaver Field
* State College, PA

| W 7–0| 10,000| [4]
November 17| | at Penn|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| W 21–0| 56,000|
November 29| | at Pittsburgh|

* Forbes Field
* Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)

| L 3–20| 33,000| [5]

* Homecoming

## References

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1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1920-1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
2. ^ "Penn State shows Tarheels few tricks in winning, 16 to 0". The Pittsburgh Post. October 7, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Penn and West Virginia tied". The News and Observer. October 28, 1923. Retrieved July 21, 2024 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Penn State conquers Georgia Tech, 7 to 0". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 11, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Pitt Smashes Records For Football Attendance". The Pitt Weekly. Vol. 14, no. 12\. December 12, 1923. p. 7. Retrieved March 16, 2021.

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Penn State Nittany Lions football

Venues|

* Old Main lawn (until 1891)
* Beaver Field (1892–1908)
* New Beaver Field (1909–1959)
* Beaver Stadium (1960–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Alabama
* Maryland
* Michigan
* Michigan State
* Minnesota: Governor's Victory Bell
* Ohio State
* Old Ironsides
* Pittsburgh
* Syracuse
* West Virginia

Culture & lore|

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* "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
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