1922 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1922 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1922 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Hugo Bezdek and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1922 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Rose Bowl, L 3–14 vs. USC
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4–1
Head coach
CaptainNewsh Bentz
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Uniform
Seasons
← 1921
1923 →
1922 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cornell     8 0 0
Princeton     8 0 0
Army     8 0 2
Syracuse     6 1 2
Franklin & Marshall     8 2 0
Pittsburgh     8 2 0
Holy Cross     7 2 1
Harvard     7 2 0
Lafayette     7 2 0
Springfield     6 2 0
Boston College     6 2 1
Brown     6 2 1
Colgate     6 3 0
Dartmouth     6 3 0
Penn     6 3 0
Vermont     6 3 0
Washington & Jefferson     6 3 1
Yale     6 3 1
Bucknell     7 4 0
Penn State     6 4 1
Carnegie Tech     5 3 1
Villanova     5 3 1
Columbia     5 4 0
Rutgers     5 4 0
Tufts     5 4 0
Rhode Island State     4 4 0
NYU     4 5 0
Fordham     3 5 2
Geneva     4 6 0
Boston University     2 4 3
Lehigh     3 5 1
New Hampshire     3 5 1
Drexel     2 4 0
Temple     1 4 1
Buffalo     1 5 0
CCNY     1 6 0
Duquesne     0 8 0

The Lions were invited to the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day, the first edition of the bowl game played in the current stadium.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23St. BonaventureW 54–03,000
September 30William & Mary
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 27–73,000
October 7Gettysburg
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 20–03,000
October 14Lebanon Valley
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 32–63,000
October 21Middlebury 
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 33–04,000
October 28vs. SyracuseT 0–025,000
November 3vs. NavyL 0–1430,000
November 11Carnegie Tech
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 10–017,000
November 18at PennL 6–750,000
November 30at PittsburghL 0–1433,000[2]
January 1, 1923vs. USCL 3–1443,000
  •  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. ^ "Pitt Defeats Penn State, 14-0, Before 33,000 here". The Gazette Times. December 1, 1922. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.