1890 Penn State football team

The 1890 Penn State football team was an American football team that represented Pennsylvania State College—now known as Pennsylvania State University–as an independent during the 1890 college football season.[1] The team played its home games on the Old Main lawn in University Park, Pennsylvania.

1890 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainHarvey McLean
Home stadiumOld Main lawn
1890 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard    11 0 0
Yale    13 1 0
Princeton    11 1 1
Franklin & Marshall    8 2 0
Navy    5 1 1
Penn    11 3 0
Washington & Jefferson    2 1 0
Cornell    7 4 0
Syracuse    7 4 0
Springfield YMCA    5 3 0
Lehigh    6 4 0
Delaware    3 2 0
Rutgers    5 5 1
Penn State    2 2 0
Colgate    1 1 0
Wesleyan    5 6 0
Tufts    2 3 0
Western Univ. Penn    1 2 0
Lafayette    2 5 1
Brown    2 5 0
Bucknell    1 4 1
Fordham    1 3 1
Massachusetts    1 4 0
Columbia    1 5 1
Army    0 1 0
Geneva    0 1 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 11at PennPhiladelphia, PAL 0–20[2]
October 12at Franklin & Marshall
L 0–10500[3][4]
November 15Altoona Athletic AssociationW 68–0
November 27at Bellefonte AcademyBellefonte, PAW 23–0

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1890-1894)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  2. "Season of Football: The University of Pennsylvania Downs State College". The Times (Philadelphia). October 12, 1890. p. 3 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Football Match at Lancaster". The New York Times. October 14, 1890. p. 3 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "One More Victory: Our Foot Ball Team Defeats the State College". The Morning News. October 14, 1890. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.


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