The 1941 Penn State Nittany Lions football team was an

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team that represented the

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as an independent during the

1941 college football season The 1941 college football regular season was the 73rd season of intercollegiate football in the United States. Competition included schools from the Big Ten Conference, the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the B ...

. 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

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as a second-team back on the

1941 All-Eastern football team The 1941 All-Eastern football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Eastern United States, Eastern teams at the conclusion of the 1941 college football season. The organizations selecting teams in 1941 ...

. 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 New Beaver Field was a stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. It served as the third home of the Penn State University Nittany Lions football team, hosting the team until they moved in 1960 to Beaver Stadium. It was built to replace the origi ...

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Penn State Nittany Lions football The Penn State Nittany Lions team represents the Pennsylvania State University in college football. The Nittany Lions compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Big Ten Conference, which they joined in 1993 af ...