1938 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1938 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1938 college football season. The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1938 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–4–1
Head coach	Bob Higgins (9th season)
Captain	Dean Hanley
Home stadium	New Beaver Field

1938 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Worcester Tech			–					6	–	0	–	0
No. 18 Villanova			–					8	–	0	–	1
No. 9 Holy Cross			–					8	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 15 Fordham			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 12 Cornell			–					5	–	1	–	1
Army			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Dartmouth			–					7	–	2	–	0
Vermont			–					4	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	0
CCNY			–					4	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					3	–	2	–	3
Manhattan			–					5	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
La Salle			–					4	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					4	–	4	–	0
Boston University			–					3	–	4	–	1
Penn State			–					3	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					3	–	4	–	1
Hofstra			–					2	–	3	–	1
Duquesne			–					4	–	6	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	6	–	1
Providence			–					3	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					3	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					3	–	6	–	0
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	0
Buffalo			–					2	–	6	–	0
Yale			–					2	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					1	–	6	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 1	Maryland	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 33–0	9,846
October 8	Bucknell	New Beaver Field State College, PA	L 0–14	12,071
October 15	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 59–6
October 22	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 6–21	7,000
October 29	Syracuse	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 33–6	10,659
November 5	Lafayette	New Beaver Field State College, PA	L 0–7	8,274
November 12	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	T 7–7	50,000
November 19	at No. 5 Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 0–26	16,881
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game