1926 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

American college football season

1926 Penn State Nittany Lions football

Conference| Independent
Record| 5–4
Head coach|

* Hugo Bezdek (9th season)

Captain| Ken Weston
Home stadium| New Beaver Field

Seasons

← 1925

1927 →

1926 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
No. 5 Lafayette |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 9  | – | 0  | – | 0
No. 10 Brown |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 9  | – | 0  | – | 1
NYU |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0
No. 9 Army |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 1
Washington & Jefferson |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 1
Boston College |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 0  | – | 2
No. 10 Penn |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 1
Cornell |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 1  | – | 1
Princeton |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 1  | – | 1
Carnegie Tech |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Springfield |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0
Syracuse |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 1
Villanova |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 1
Colgate |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 2  | – | 2
Columbia |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Pittsburgh |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 2  | – | 2
CCNY |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Temple |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Penn State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Tufts |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0
Yale |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0
Bucknell |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 1
Fordham |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 4  | – | 1
Harvard |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Rutgers |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Vermont |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Drexel |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0
Boston University |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0
Lehigh |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0
Franklin & Marshall |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 0  | – | 8  | – | 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1926 college football season. 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| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 25| Susquehanna|

* New Beaver Field
* State College, PA

| W 82–0| 3,500|
October 2| Lebanon Valley|

* New Beaver Field
* State College, PA

| W 35–0| 3,500|
October 9| Marietta|

* New Beaver Field
* State College, PA

| W 48–6| 4,000|
October 16| at Notre Dame|

* Cartier Field
* Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)

| L 0–28| 18,000|
October 23| Syracuse|

* New Beaver Field
* State College, PA (rivalry)

| L 0–10| 8,000|
October 30| George Washington|

* New Beaver Field
* State College, PA

| W 20–12| 3,500| [1]
November 6| at Penn|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| L 0–3| 55,000|
November 13| Bucknell|

* New Beaver Field
* State College, PA

| W 9–0| 15,000| [2]
November 25| at Pittsburgh|

* Pitt Stadium
* Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)

| L 6–24| 42,915|

* Homecoming

## References

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1. ^ "Penn State beats George Washington". The Morning Call. October 31, 1926. Retrieved February 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "Roepke Big Gun in Penn State Victory". The Pittsburgh Press. November 14, 1926. p. Sporting 1 – via Newspapers.com.

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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|

* 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

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