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Penn State Football Team History

Penn State Nittany Lions

The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Founded: 1855
Stadium: Beaver Stadium
Capacity: 106,537
Colors: Blue & White
Coach: Hugo F. Bezdek
Conference: Independent-

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1881 <-- 1926 <- 1927 -> 1928 --> 2024

1927 Season Highlights

Hugo F. Bezdek enters his 10th season as Head Coach at Penn State.

1927 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Sep. 24	vs. Lebanon Valley	27	0	W
Sat., Oct. 1	vs. Gettysburg	34	13	W
Sat., Oct. 8	vs. Bucknell	7	13	L
Sat., Oct. 15	@ Pennsylvania	20	0	W
Sat., Oct. 22	@ Syracuse	9	6	W
Sat., Oct. 29	vs. Lafayette	40	6	W
Sat., Nov. 5	vs. George Washington	13	0	W
Sat., Nov. 12	vs. New York University	13	13	T
Thu., Nov. 24	@ Pittsburgh	0	30	L

1927 Season Totals
Record	6-2 -1
Points Scored	163
Scoring Average	18.1
Points Allowed	81
Defense Average	9.0
Opponents Record	13-4
Conference Record	0-0
Home Record	4-1 -1
Away Record	2-1

1927 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
was not ranked.

1927 Independent- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
New Mexico	8-0-1	215	28					Roy W. Johnson
Connecticut	5-4	153	100					Summer Dole
Texas Tech	5-4	134	100					Ewing Y. Freeland
Army	9-1	197	37					Lawrence M. Biff Jones
Pittsburgh	8-1-1	289	27	Lost 6-7				Dr. John B. Jock Sutherland
Notre Dame	7-1-1	158	57					Knute Kenneth Rockne
Temple	7-1	351	60					Henry J. Miller
Georgia Southern	6-1-1	90	42					Hugh A. Woodle
Middle Tennessee State	6-2	202	60					Frank Faulkinberry
Navy	6-3	192	84					William A. Bill Ingram
Penn State	6-2-1	163	81					Hugo F. Bezdek
Ball State	5-2-1	151	108					Norman Happy Wann
Memphis	5-3-1	156	116					Zach Curlin
Syracuse	5-3-2	116	81					Lewis P. Lew Andreas
Arizona	4-2-1	165	59					James F. Pop McKale
Arkansas State	4-3	61	66					Herbert Schwartz
Boston College	4-4	101	105					D. Leo Daley
Duke	4-5	215	117					James Jimmy DeHart
Michigan State	4-5	111	128					Ralph H. Young
Rutgers	4-4	103	179					Harry J. Rockafeller
San Jose State	4-5	121	67					E.R. Knolln
Troy	4-3	138	66					Gladwin Gaumer
Miami	3-6-1	106	186					Howard P. Cub Buck
New Mexico State	3-5	185	107					Ted R. Coffman
Southern Mississippi	3-4-1	52	98					William Herschel Bobo
Arizona State	2-3-1	63	50					Aaron M. McCreary
Jacksonville State	2-4-1	33	102					Al Clemens
Massachusetts	0-7-1	13	135					Harold Gore
Texas El Paso	2-2-2	69	69					Edward J. Doc Stewart
Wake Forest	2-6-2	65	223					James A. Baldwin
Kent State	1-5-1	25	80					Merle E. Wagoner

1927 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

1927 All Independent Conference Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Coming Someday

Some records may be incomplete.

Great Moments in College Football History

The first bowl game, later known as The Rose Bowl, was played on January 1st, 1902 between the Michigan Wolverines and Stanford Cardinals. Michigan won 49-0.