# 1938 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team

The 1938 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 1938 season playing in the Intercollegiate Soccer League. It was the program's 28th season fielding a men's varsity soccer team. The 1938 season is William Jeffrey's 13th at the helm.

## Background

The 1938 season was the Nittany Lions' 28th season as a varsity soccer program, and their 12th season playing as a part of the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association. The team was led by 13th year head coach, William Jeffrey, who had previously served as the head coach for the semi-professional soccer team, Altoona Works.
In their third game of the season the Nittany Lions defeated Western Maryland 12-0, marking the largest win in Penn State soccer history. Penn State was awarded an undisputed national championship title from the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association after finishing the 1938 season 8–0–0. The team was able to tally 35 goals and hold their opposition to 6 goals. At the end of the 1938 season the team had stretched their undefeated streak to 45 games. Three Nittany Lions were tapped as all-east soccer team selections.

## Squad
### Departures

| Name | Reason for departure |
| Sol Miehoff | Graduated |
| Bill Borda | Graduated |

### Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
| — | MF | Fred Spyker (captain) | United States |
| — | DF | Bob Schuler | United States |
| — | GK | Dick Haag | United States |
| — | MF | Frank Megrail | United States |
| — | MF | Fred Spyker | United States |
| — | GK | Walt Hosterman | United States |
| — | GK | Earl Spelling | United States |
| — | GK | Dave Meycis | United States |
| — | GK | Walt Painter | United States |
| — | GK | Bob Olmstead | United States |
| — | GK | Frank Megrail | United States |
| — | FW | Carl Wacker | United States |
| — | FW | Solly Miehoft | United States |
| — | FW | Ed Mallory | United States |
| — | GK | Van Kirk | United States |
| — | | Gus Biggott | Venezuela |
| — | | Dario Bedout | Colombia |
| — | | Van Kirk | United States |
| — | | Joe Gift | United States |
| — | | Al Kies | United States |
| — | | Bob Ernest | United States |
| — | | Jack Good | United States |

## Schedule

| Date Time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State |
| Regular season ||||||
| October 1 1:00 p.m. | Gettysburg | W 4–0 | 1–0–0 | New Beaver Field State College, PA |
| October 8 1:00 p.m. | Bucknell | W 1–0 | 2–0–0 | New Beaver Field State College, PA |
| October 15 2:30 p.m. | Western Maryland | W 12–0 | 3–0–0 | New Beaver Field State College, PA |
| October 22 2:30 p.m. | at Syracuse | W 5–0 | 4–0–0 | Syracuse, NY |
| October 26 | at Army | W 1–0 | 5–0–0 | West Point, NY |
| October 27 | at Brown | W 7–3 | 6–0–0 | Providence, RI |
| November 5 1:00 p.m. | Navy | W 1–0 | 7–0–0 | New Beaver Field State College, PA |
| November 11 | Temple | W 4–3 | 8–0–0 | New Beaver Field State College, PA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||

## Honors and awards

| Award | Name |
| All-Eastern Team | Bob Schuler |
| All-Eastern Team | Walt Hosterman |
| All-Eastern Team | Gus Bigott |