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The 1945 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1945 college football season. The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Headcoach
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1945 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
CaptainNone
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
 1944
1946 
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1945 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Army  900
Franklin & Marshall  401
No. 20 Columbia  810
Temple  710
No. 16 Holy Cross  820
Tufts  410
No. 8 Penn  620
Yale  630
Massachusetts State  211
Harvard  530
Penn State  530
Cornell  540
Villanova  440
Boston College  340
Brown  341
Colgate  341
Princeton  232
NYU  340
Pittsburgh  370
Bucknell  250
Drexel  250
Dartmouth  161
Syracuse  160
Boston University  050
CCNY  080
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Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29MuhlenbergW 47–75,048
October 6Colgatedagger
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 27–79,619[1]
October 13at No. 2 NavyL 0–2816,148
October 20at BucknellW 46–75,319–7,500[2]
November 3Syracuse
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 26–08,505
November 10Temple
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 27–013,135[3]
November 17at Michigan StateNo. 12L 0–33
November 24at PittsburghL 0–711,354[4]
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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