1889 Penn State football team

The 1889 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 1889 college football season. The team played its home games on the Old Main lawn in University Park, Pennsylvania.

1889 Penn State football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–2
Head coach	None
Captain	James Mock
Home stadium	Old Main lawn

1889 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princeton			–					10	–	0	–	0
Massachusetts			–					2	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					15	–	1	–	0
Harvard			–					9	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	1	–	1
Dickinson			–					4	–	1	–	1
Navy			–					4	–	1	–	1
Tufts			–					3	–	1	–	0
Lehigh			–					8	–	3	–	2
Cornell			–					8	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					7	–	6	–	0
Brown			–					2	–	2	–	0
Penn State			–					2	–	2	–	0
Delaware			–					1	–	1	–	1
Wesleyan			–					5	–	7	–	1
Bucknell			–					2	–	3	–	1
Lafayette			–					3	–	4	–	2
Columbia			–					2	–	7	–	2
Fordham			–					1	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					0	–	2	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 27	Swarthmore	Old Main lawn State College, PA	W 20–6
November 9	at Lafayette	The Quad Easton, PA	L 0–26
November 11	at Lehigh	Bethlehem, PA	L 0–106
November 25	Bucknell	Old Main lawn State College, PA	W 12–0