1932 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1932 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1932 college football season.^[1] The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1932 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–5
Head coach	Bob Higgins (3rd season)
Captain	George Collins
Home stadium	New Beaver Field
Seasons ← 1931 1933 →

1932 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Colgate			–					9	–	0	–	0
Brown			–					7	–	1	–	0
Columbia			–					7	–	1	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	2
No. 8 Army			–					8	–	2	–	0
Drexel			–					5	–	1	–	1
Massachusetts State			–					7	–	2	–	0
Villanova			–					7	–	2	–	0
Duquesne			–					7	–	2	–	1
Fordham			–					6	–	2	–	0
Penn			–					6	–	2	–	0
Temple			–					5	–	1	–	2
Tufts			–					5	–	1	–	2
Cornell			–					5	–	2	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					4	–	2	–	1
Boston College			–					4	–	2	–	2
La Salle			–					4	–	2	–	2
Harvard			–					5	–	3	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	3	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					5	–	3	–	1
Manhattan			–					6	–	3	–	2
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	3	–	2
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					2	–	2	–	3
Yale			–					2	–	2	–	3
Boston University			–					2	–	3	–	2
Vermont			–					2	–	4	–	1
CCNY			–					2	–	5	–	0
Penn State			–					2	–	5	–	0
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 1	Lebanon Valley	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 27–0	2,500
October 8	Waynesburg	New Beaver Field State College, PA	L 6–7	4,000
October 15	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 13–46	20,000	^[2]
October 22	Syracuse	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	L 6–12	6,000
October 29	at Colgate	Hamilton, NY	L 0–31	4,000
November 5	Sewanee	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 18–6	5,500	^[3]
November 12	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 12–13	15,000
Homecoming

References

1. . College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
2. "Harvard Swamps Penn State, 46-13". The Pittsburgh Press. October 16, 1932. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "State comes back to down Sewanee". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 6, 1932. Retrieved August 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.