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1941 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1941
team	Penn State Nittany Lions
sport	football
conference	Independent
record	7–2
head_coach	Bob Higgins
hc_year	12th
captain	Lenny Krouse
stadium	New Beaver Field

The 1941 Penn State Nittany Lions football team was an American football team that represented the Pennsylvania State College as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach Bob Higgins, the team compiled a 7–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 200 to 78.

Penn State's Len Krouse was selected by the Associated Press as a second-team back on the 1941 All-Eastern football team.

Penn State was ranked at No. 41 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.

The team played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

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References

"1941 Penn State Nittany Lions Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
(December 5, 1941). "MacKinney and Peabody on A.P. Eastern Eleven". The Boston Daily Globe.
Dr. E. E. Litkenhous. (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal.
(October 5, 1941). "Colgate Defeats Penn State, 7-0". New York Daily News.
(October 12, 1941). "Penn State Downs Bucknell: Lions Spurt To Overcome Bisons, 27-13". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Stan Baumgartner. (October 19, 1941). "Temple Stops State: Sutch and Tomasic Lead Owls To 14-0 Victory Over Lions". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
(October 26, 1941). "Penn State Times Lehigh, 40-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Jack Smith. (November 1, 1941). "State Smothers Violets, 42-0". New York Daily News.
Fred Byrod. (November 9, 1941). "Penn State Sinks Syracuse, 34-19". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
(November 16, 1941). "Penn State Aerial Turns Back West Virginia, 7 to 0". The Pittsburgh Press.
(November 16, 1941). "Penn State Topples West Virginia". The Sunday News (Lancaster, Pennsylvania).
Chester L. Smith. (November 23, 1941). "Penn State Crushes Pitt, 31-7, In Stadium Upset: 'Pepper' Petrella Hero In Great Win". The Pittsburgh Press.
(November 30, 1941). "Penn State Rolls Over South Carolina Gamecocks, 19-12". Greenville News.

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