1953 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1953 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
Captains
  • Don Malinak
  • Tony Rados
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
1953 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Westminster (PA)    8 0 0
Juniata    7 0 0
No. 14 Army    7 1 1
Franklin & Marshall    5 2 0
Hofstra    6 3 0
Penn State    6 3 0
Carnegie Tech    5 3 0
Boston College    5 3 1
Boston University    5 3 1
Syracuse    5 3 1
Tufts    4 3 0
Holy Cross    5 5 0
Temple    4 4 1
Colgate    3 4 2
Fordham    4 5 0
Villanova    4 6 0
Drexel    2 3 1
Pittsburgh    3 5 1
Buffalo    1 5 1
Bucknell    1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1953 college football season. The team was coached by Rip Engle and played its home games in New Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.