Penn State Nittany Lions football under Bob Higgins

Bob Higgins coached the Penn State Nittany Lions football teams from 1930 to 1948. In his nineteen seasons, he compiled a 91–57–11 record and a .607 winning percentage. His teams played their home games at New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1930 season

1930 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
1930 record	3–4–2
Head coach	Bob Higgins
Seasons

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 27, 1930	Niagara	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 31–14
October 4, 1930	Lebanon Valley	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 27–0
October 11, 1930	Marshall	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	W 65–0
October 18, 1930	at Lafayette	Easton, PA	T 0–0
October 25, 1930†	Colgate	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	L 0–40
November 1, 1930	at Bucknell	Lewisburg, PA	L 7–19
November 8, 1930	Syracuse	New Beaver Field • State College, PA	T 0–0
November 15, 1930	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	L 0–19
November 26, 1930	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	L 12–19   1931 season 1931 Penn State Nittany Lions football Conference Independent 1931 record 2–8 Head coach Bob Higgins Seasons Date Opponent Site Result September 26, 1931 Waynesburg New Beaver Field • State College, PA L 0–7   October 3, 1931 Lebanon Valley New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 19–6   October 10, 1931 at Temple Philadelphia, PA L 0–12   October 17, 1931 Dickinson New Beaver Field • State College, PA L 6–10   October 24, 1931 at Syracuse Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY L 0–7   October 31, 1931† Pittsburgh New Beaver Field • State College, PA L 6–41   November 8, 1931 Colgate New Beaver Field • State College, PA L 7–32   November 14, 1931 at Lafayette Easton, PA L 0–33   November 21, 1931 at West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV L 0–19   November 28, 1931 vs. Lehigh Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 31–0   †Homecoming. 1932 season 1932 Penn State Nittany Lions football Conference Independent 1932 record 2–5 Head coach Bob Higgins Seasons Date Opponent Site Result October 1, 1932 Lebanon Valley New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 27–0   October 8, 1932 Waynesburg New Beaver Field • State College, PA L 6–7   October 15, 1932 at Harvard Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA L 13–46   October 22, 1932† Syracuse New Beaver Field • State College, PA L 6–12   October 29, 1932 at Colgate Hamilton, NY L 0–31   November 5, 1932 Sewanee (U. of the South) New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 18–6   November 12, 1932 at Temple Philadelphia, PA L 12–13   †Homecoming. 1933 season 1933 Penn State Nittany Lions football Conference Independent 1933 record 3–3–1 Head coach Bob Higgins Seasons Date Opponent Site Result October 7, 1933 Lebanon Valley New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 32–6   October 14, 1933 Muhlenberg New Beaver Field • State College, PA L 0–3   October 21, 1933† Lehigh New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 33–0   October 28, 1933 at Columbia New York, NY L 0–33   November 4, 1933 at Syracuse Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY L 6–12   November 11, 1933 Johns Hopkins New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 40–6   November 18, 1933 at Pennsylvania Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA T 6–6   †Homecoming. 1934 season 1934 Penn State Nittany Lions football Conference Independent 1934 record 4–4 Head coach Bob Higgins Seasons Date Opponent Site Result October 6, 1934 Lebanon Valley New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 13–0   October 13, 1934 Gettysburg New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 32–6   October 20, 1934 at Lehigh Taylor Stadium • Bethlehem, PA W 31–0   October 27, 1934 at Columbia New York, NY L 7–14   November 3, 1934† Syracuse New Beaver Field • State College, PA L 0–16   November 10, 1934 at Pennsylvania Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA L 0–3   November 17, 1934 Lafayette New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 25–6   November 24, 1934 at Bucknell Lewisburg, PA L 7–13   †Homecoming. 1935 season 1935 Penn State Nittany Lions football Conference Independent 1935 record 4–4 Head coach Bob Higgins Seasons Date Opponent Site Result October 5, 1935 Lebanon Valley New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 12–6   October 12, 1935 Western Maryland New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 2–0   October 19, 1935† Lehigh New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 26–0   October 26, 1935 at Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA L 0–9   November 2, 1935 at Syracuse Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY L 3–7   November 9, 1935 Villanova New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 27–13   November 16, 1935 at Pennsylvania Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA L 6–33   November 23, 1935 at Bucknell Lewisburg, PA L 0–2   †Homecoming. 1936 season 1936 Penn State Nittany Lions football Conference Independent 1936 record 3–5 Head coach Bob Higgins Seasons Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result October 3, 1936 Muhlenberg New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 45–0   October 10, 1936† Villanova New Beaver Field • State College, PA L 0–13   October 17, 1936 at Lehigh Taylor Stadium • Bethlehem, PA L 6–7   October 24, 1936 at Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY L 7–13   October 31, 1936 Syracuse New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 18–0   November 7, 1936 at #5 Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA L 7–34   November 14, 1936 at #11 Pennsylvania Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA L 12–19   November 21, 1936 Bucknell New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 14–0   *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. 1937 season 1937 Penn State Nittany Lions football Conference Independent 1937 record 5–3 Head coach Bob Higgins Seasons Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result September 25, 1937 at Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY L 19–26   October 2, 1937 Gettysburg New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 32–6   October 9, 1937† Bucknell New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 20–14   October 16, 1937 Lehigh New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 14–7   October 30, 1937 at Syracuse Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY L 13–19   November 6, 1937 at Pennsylvania Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 7–0   November 13, 1937 Maryland New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 21–14   November 20, 1937 at #1 Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA L 7–28   *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. 1938 season 1938 Penn State Nittany Lions football Conference Independent 1938 record 3–4–1 Head coach Bob Higgins Seasons Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result October 1, 1938 Maryland New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 33–0   October 8, 1938† Bucknell New Beaver Field • State College, PA L 0–14   October 15, 1938 at Lehigh Taylor Stadium • Bethlehem, PA W 59–6   October 22, 1938 at Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY L 6–21   October 29, 1938 Syracuse New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 33–6   November 5, 1938 Lafayette New Beaver Field • State College, PA L 0–7   November 12, 1938 at Pennsylvania Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA T 7–7   November 19, 1938 at #5 Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA L 0–26   *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. 1939 season 1939 Penn State Nittany Lions football Conference Independent 1939 record 5–1–2 Head coach Bob Higgins Seasons Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result October 7, 1939 Bucknell New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 13–3   October 14, 1939† Lehigh New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 49–7   October 21, 1939 at #12 Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY L 0–47   October 28, 1939 at Syracuse Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY T 6–6   November 4, 1939 Maryland New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 12–0   November 11, 1939 at Pennsylvania Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 10–0   November 18, 1939 at Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY T 14–14   November 25, 1939 Pittsburgh New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 10–0   *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. 1940 season 1940 Penn State Nittany Lions football Conference Independent 1940 record 6–1–1 Head coach Bob Higgins Seasons Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result October 5, 1940 Bucknell New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 9–0   October 12, 1940† West Virginia New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 17–13   October 19, 1940 at Lehigh Taylor Stadium • Bethlehem, PA W 34–0   October 26, 1940 at Temple Philadelphia, PA W 18–0   November 2, 1940 South Carolina #18 New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 12–0   November 9, 1940 at Syracuse #16 Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY T 13–13   November 16, 1940 New York U. #20 New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 25–0   November 23, 1940 at Pittsburgh #20 Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA L 7–20   *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. 1941 season 1941 Penn State Nittany Lions football Conference Independent 1941 record 7–2 Head coach Bob Higgins Seasons Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result October 4, 1941 at Colgate Civic Stadium • Buffalo, NY L 0–7   October 11, 1941† Bucknell New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 27–13   October 18, 1941 at Temple Philadelphia, PA L 0–14   October 25, 1941 Lehigh New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 40–6   October 31, 1941 at New York U. Polo Grounds • New York, NY W 42–0   November 8, 1941 #18 Syracuse New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 34–19   November 15, 1941 West Virginia New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 7–0   November 22, 1941 at Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA W 31–7   November 29, 1941 at South Carolina Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC W 19–12   *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. 1942 season 1942 Penn State Nittany Lions football Conference Independent Ranking AP No. 19 1942 record 6–1–1 Head coach Bob Higgins Seasons Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result October 3, 1942 Bucknell New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 14–7   October 10, 1942 at Lehigh Taylor Stadium • Bethlehem, PA W 19–3   October 17, 1942 at Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY T 0–0   October 24, 1942† Colgate New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 13–10   October 31, 1942 at West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV L 0–24   November 7, 1942 Syracuse New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 18–13   November 14, 1942 at #17 Pennsylvania Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 13–7   November 21, 1942 Pittsburgh New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 14–6   *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. 1943 season 1943 Penn State Nittany Lions football Conference Independent 1943 record 5–3–1 Head coach Bob Higgins Seasons Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result September 25, 1943 Bucknell New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 14–0   October 2, 1943 at North Carolina Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC L 0–19   October 9, 1943† Colgate New Beaver Field • State College, PA T 0–0   October 16, 1943 at #3 Navy Annapolis, MD L 6–14   October 23, 1943 at Maryland College Park, MD W 45–0   October 30, 1943 West Virginia New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 32–7   November 6, 1943 at Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY L 0–13   November 13, 1943 Temple New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 13–0   November 20, 1943 at Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA W 14–0   *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. 1944 season 1944 Penn State Nittany Lions football Conference Independent 1944 record 6–3 Head coach Bob Higgins Seasons Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result September 30, 1944 Muhlenberg New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 58–13   October 7, 1944 at Navy Annapolis, MD L 14–55   October 14, 1944† Bucknell New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 20–6   October 21, 1944 at Colgate Hamilton, NY W 6–0   October 28, 1944 West Virginia New Beaver Field • State College, PA L 27–28   November 4, 1944 at Syracuse Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY W 41–0   November 11, 1944 at Temple Philadelphia, PA W 7–6   November 18, 1944 Maryland New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 34–19   November 25, 1944 at Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA L 0–14   *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. 1945 season 1945 Penn State Nittany Lions football Conference Independent 1945 record 5–3 Head coach Bob Higgins Seasons Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result September 29, 1945 Muhlenberg New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 47–7   October 6, 1945† Colgate New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 27–7   October 13, 1945 at #2 Navy Annapolis, MD L 0–28   October 20, 1945 at Bucknell Lewisburg, PA W 46–7   November 3, 1945 Syracuse New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 26–0   November 10, 1945 Temple New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 27–0   November 17, 1945 at Michigan State #12 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI L 0–33   November 24, 1945 at Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA L 0–7   *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. 1946 season 1946 Penn State Nittany Lions football Conference Independent 1946 record 6–2 Head coach Bob Higgins Seasons Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result October 5, 1946 Bucknell New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 48–6   October 12, 1946 at Syracuse Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY W 9–0   October 19, 1946† Michigan State New Beaver Field • State College, PA L 16–19   October 26, 1946 at Colgate Hamilton, NY W 6–2   November 2, 1946 Fordham New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 68–0   November 9, 1946 Temple New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 26–0   November 16, 1946 at Navy Annapolis, MD W 12–7   November 23, 1946 at Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA L 7–14   *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. 1947 season 1947 Penn State Nittany Lions football Cotton Bowl Classic, tied SMU 13–13 Conference Independent Ranking AP No. 4 1947 record 9–0–1 Head coach Bob Higgins Seasons Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result September 20, 1947 vs. Washington State Hersheypark Stadium • Hershey, PA W 27–4   October 4, 1947 Bucknell New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 54–0   October 11, 1947 at Fordham #12 New York, NY W 75–0   October 18, 1947† Syracuse #9 New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 40–0   October 25, 1947 West Virginia #9 New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 21–14   November 1, 1947 Colgate #7 New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 46–0   November 8, 1947 at Temple #7 Philadelphia, PA W 7–0   November 15, 1947 vs. Navy #8 Memorial Stadium • Balitmore W 20–7   November 22, 1947 at Pittsburgh #5 Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA W 29–0   January 1, 1948 vs. #4 SMU #5 Cotton Bowl Classic • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) T 13–13   *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. 1948 season 1948 Penn State Nittany Lions football Conference Independent Ranking AP No. 18 1948 record 7–1–1 Head coach Bob Higgins Seasons Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result October 2, 1948 Bucknell New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 35–0   October 8, 1948 at Syracuse #10 Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY W 34–14   October 16, 1948 West Virginia #9 New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 37–7   October 23, 1948† #19 Michigan State #8 New Beaver Field • State College, PA T 14–14   October 30, 1948 at Colgate #12 Hamilton, NY W 32–13   November 6, 1948 at #7 Pennsylvania #14 Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 13–0   November 13, 1948 Temple #5 New Beaver Field • State College, PA W 47–0   November 20, 1948 at Pittsburgh #6 Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA L 0–7   November 27, 1948 at Washington State #18 Tacoma, WA W 7–0   *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. 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