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1957 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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1957Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3
Head coach	Rip Engle (8th season)
Captain	Joe Sabol
Home stadium	New Beaver Field
Seasons ← 1956 1958 →

The1957 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented thePennsylvania State University in the1957 college football season. The team was coached byRip Engle and played its home games inNew Beaver Field inUniversity Park, Pennsylvania.

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	atPenn	No. 19	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 19–14	21,150	^[1]
October 5	No. 12Army		New Beaver Field University Park, PA	L 13–27	31,979
October 12	William & Mary		New Beaver Field University Park, PA	W 21–13	29,800–30,462	^[2]
October 19	Vanderbilt		New Beaver Field University Park, PA	L 20–32	24,200–26,781	^[3]
October 26	atSyracuse		Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	W 20–12	35,000
November 2	West Virginia		New Beaver Field University Park, PA (rivalry)	W 27–6	28,712	^[4]
November 9	atMarquette		Milwaukee County Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 20–7	4,700–4,719	^[5]
November 16	atHoly Cross		Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 14–10	18,000	^[6]
November 23	atPittsburgh		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 13–14	44,710	^[7]
Homecoming Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game

^Nichols, Joseph C. (September 29, 1957). "Penn State Wins from Penn".The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^"Nittany Lions clip Indians in 21–13 tilt".Bristol Herald Courier. October 13, 1957. RetrievedJanuary 16, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Vanderbilt trims Penn State, 32–20".The Sunday News. October 20, 1957. RetrievedOctober 8, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Penn State gets 27–6 win over West Virginia".The Times and Democrat. November 3, 1957. RetrievedJanuary 16, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Penn State Wins Over Marquette".Wisconsin State Journal.Madison, Wisconsin.Associated Press. November 10, 1957. p. 2, section 3. RetrievedMay 12, 2025 – viaNewspapers.com.
^McHugh, Roy (November 18, 1957)."Penn State Rallies to Top Holy Cross, 14-10".The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. sect. 4, p. 1 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"History and Honors"(PDF).2023 Penn State Football Media Guide. Penn State University. p. 298. RetrievedJune 4, 2025.

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Venues	Old Main Lawn (until 1891) Beaver Field (1892–1908) New Beaver Field (1909–1959) Beaver Stadium (1960–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Maryland Michigan Michigan State Minnesota:Governor's Victory Bell Ohio State Old Ironsides Pittsburgh Syracuse West Virginia
Culture & lore	Nittany Lion "Fight On, State" Penn State Blue Band Uplifting Athletes Joe Paterno statue Something for Joey 1982 Nebraska game Child sex abuse scandal 2016 Ohio State game Paterno White Out 2021 Illinois game
People	Head coaches All-Americans NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1881 1882–1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
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