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1953 Penn State

6–⁠3, coached by Rip Engle.

Schedule and results

Penn State in 1953, game by game: lost at Wisconsin 0–20; lost at Pennsylvania 7–13; won at Boston University 35–13; won vs. Syracuse 20–14; won vs. TCU 27–21; lost vs. No. 5 West Virginia 19–20; won vs. Fordham 28–21; won at Rutgers 54–26; won at Pittsburgh 17–0+28−20Lost 0–20 at Wisconsin-20WisconsinLost 7–13 at Pennsylvania-6PennsylvaniaWon 35–13 at Boston University+22Boston Universi…Won 20–14 vs. Syracuse+6SyracuseWon 27–21 vs. TCU+6TCULost 19–20 vs. No. 5 West Virginia-1No. 5 West VirginiaWon 28–21 vs. Fordham+7FordhamWon 54–26 at Rutgers+28RutgersWon 17–0 at Pittsburgh+17Pittsburgh
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26atWisconsinL 0–⁠2039%
Oct 3atPennsylvaniaL 7–⁠1342%
Oct 10atBoston UniversityW 35–⁠1349%
Oct 17vsSyracuseW 20–⁠1455%
Oct 24vsTCUW 27–⁠2167%
Oct 31vs5West VirginiaL 19–⁠2052%
Nov 7vsFordhamW 28–⁠2166%
Nov 14atRutgersW 54–⁠2670%
Nov 21atPittsburghW 17–⁠057%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Pittsburgh 17–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 58th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 139 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1953.

Record
6–⁠3
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
207–⁠148
Coach
Rip Engle
Elo
1638 +72 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
10.0 No. 26 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Captains
Don Malinak and Tony Rados