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
Seasons
← 1889
1891 →
1890 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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 edit

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 edit

  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.