1888 Penn State football team

The 1888 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 1888 college football season. The team played its home games on the Old Main lawn in University Park, Pennsylvania. The 1888 team is the only winless team in Penn State history.[1] Harry Leyden (1887–1889) played quarterback in 1888.

1888 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–2–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainGeorge Linsz
Home stadiumOld Main lawn
Seasons
← 1887
1889 →
1888 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     13 0 0
Harvard     12 1 0
Princeton     11 1 0
Lehigh     10 2 0
Trinity (CT)     5 1 1
Lafayette     6 3 0
Cornell     4 2 0
Penn     9 7 0
Bucknell     2 3 0
Fordham     1 2 0
Massachusetts     2 4 0
Wesleyan     2 7 0
Worcester Tech     1 4 0
Rutgers     1 6 1
Penn State     0 2 1
Swarthmore     0 5 0

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 31DickinsonT 6–6
November 3Lehigh
  • Old Main lawn
  • State College, PA
L 0–30
November 7at DickinsonCarlisle, PAL 0–16

There is a score discrepancy. Lehigh lists the final score as 32–0.

References edit

  1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1885-1889)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.