1949 Penn State Nittany Lions football team information
American college football season
1949Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference
Independent
Record
5–4
Head coach
Joe Bedenk (1st season)
Captain
Robert C. Hicks, Neg Norton
Home stadium
New Beaver Field
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Eastern college football independents records
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Saint Vincent
–
10
–
0
–
0
No. 4 Army
–
9
–
0
–
0
Trinity (CT)
–
8
–
0
–
0
Brown
–
8
–
1
–
0
No. 12 Cornell
–
8
–
1
–
0
No. 13 Villanova
–
8
–
1
–
0
Bucknell
–
6
–
2
–
0
Dartmouth
–
6
–
2
–
0
Buffalo
–
6
–
3
–
0
Pittsburgh
–
6
–
3
–
0
Princeton
–
6
–
3
–
0
Fordham
–
5
–
3
–
0
Tufts
–
5
–
3
–
1
Carnegie Tech
–
5
–
3
–
1
Penn State
–
5
–
4
–
0
Temple
–
5
–
4
–
0
Penn
–
4
–
4
–
0
Yale
–
4
–
4
–
0
Boston College
–
4
–
4
–
1
Syracuse
–
4
–
5
–
0
Drexel
–
3
–
3
–
1
Duquesne
–
3
–
6
–
0
Franklin & Marshall
–
2
–
5
–
2
CCNY
–
2
–
5
–
1
NYU
–
3
–
6
–
0
Columbia
–
2
–
7
–
0
Hofstra
–
1
–
5
–
1
Colgate
–
1
–
8
–
0
Harvard
–
1
–
8
–
0
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1949 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1949 college football season. The team was coached by Joe Bedenk. He was named head coach after coaching the line for several years. After a single 5–4 season, Bedenk requested a return to coaching the line, and Penn State brought in Rip Engle as head coach The team played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.
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