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1930 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4–2
Head coach
CaptainFrank Diedrich
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
← 1929
1931 →
1930 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Colgate   –   9 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Army   –   9 – 1 – 1
No. 8 Dartmouth   –   7 – 1 – 1
St. John's   –   7 – 1 – 0
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 27Niagara
W 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 Lafayette
T 0–0[5]
October 25Colgatedagger
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
L 0–4015,000[6]
November 1at Bucknell
L 7–1915,000[7]
November 8Syracuse
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
T 0–07,000[8]
November 15at Iowa
L 0–1920,000[9]
November 26at Pittsburgh
L 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.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team

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