1950 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1950 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
1950 record	5–3–1
Head coach	Rip Engle (1st season)
Home stadium	New Beaver Field
Seasons

1950 NCAA independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Drexel			–					6	–	1	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	1
Montana			–					5	–	5	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	5	–	0
Notre Dame			–					4	–	4	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1950 college football season. The team was coached by Rip Engle and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 30	Georgetown	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 34–14
October 7	at No. 4 Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 7–41
October 14	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 7–27
October 21	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	L 0–19
October 28	Temple	New Beaver Field State College, PA	T 7–7
November 4	at Boston College	Alumni Field Chestnut Hill, MA	W 20–13
November 11	West Virginia	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 27–0
November 18	Rutgers	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 18–14
December 2	at Pittsburgh	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	W 21–20
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game