1930 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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.

1930 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–4–2
Head coach	Bob Higgins (1st season)
Captain	Frank Diedrich
Home stadium	New Beaver Field
Seasons ← 1929 1931 →

1930 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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
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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Niagara	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 31–14	4,000	^[2]
October 4	Lebanon Valley	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 27–0	4,000	^[3]
October 11	Marshall	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 65–0	5,000	^[4]
October 18	at Lafayette	Fisher Field Easton, PA	T 0–0		^[5]
October 25	Colgate	New Beaver Field State College, PA	L 0–40	15,000	^[6]
November 1	at Bucknell	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 7–19	15,000	^[7]
November 8	Syracuse	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	T 0–0	7,000	^[8]
November 15	at Iowa	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 0–19	20,000	^[9]
November 26	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 12–19	10,000	^[10]
Homecoming

References

1. . 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.