1897 Penn State football team

The 1897 Penn State football team was an American football that represented Pennsylvania State College—now known as Pennsylvania State University–as an independent during the 1897 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Samuel B. Newton and played its home games on Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.

1897 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
1897 record3–6
Head coach
Home stadiumBeaver Field
1897 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Penn      15 0 0
Yale      9 0 2
Buffalo      7 0 0
Princeton      10 1 0
Harvard      10 1 1
Drexel      7 1 1
Army      6 1 1
Lafayette      9 2 1
Colgate      5 2 1
Fordham      2 1 1
Cornell      5 3 1
Syracuse      5 3 1
Brown      7 4 0
Carlisle      6 4 0
Boston College      4 3 0
Bucknell      3 3 1
NYU      3 3 0
Temple      3 3 0
Trinity (CT)      4 4 1
Wesleyan      6 6 0
Tufts      6 7 0
Geneva      3 4 1
Pittsburgh College      2 3 1
Villanova      3 5 1
Penn State      3 6 0
Amherst      2 6 2
Frankin & Marshall      2 6 2
Lehigh      3 7 0
New Hampshire      2 5 0
Western Univ. Penn.      1 3 0
Rutgers      2 7 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 25GettysburgW 32–0
October 2at Lafayette
L 0–24
October 13at PrincetonL 0–34
October 16at PennL 0–24
October 20at NavyL 0–4
October 30at Cornell
L 0–45
November 13vs. BucknellWilliamsport, PAW 27–4
November 20Bloomsburg Normal
  • Beaver Field
  • University Park, PA
W 10–0
November 25vs. DickinsonSunbury, PAL 0–6

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
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