1897 Penn State football team

The 1897 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 1897 college football season. The team was coached by Samuel B. Newton and played its home games on Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.

1897 Penn State football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–6
Head coach	Samuel B. Newton (2nd season)
Captain	Joe Curtin
Home stadium	Beaver Field

1897 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Penn			–					15	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					10	–	1	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					10	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					9	–	0	–	2
Buffalo			–					9	–	1	–	0
Harvard			–					10	–	1	–	1
Army			–					6	–	1	–	1
Vermont			–					3	–	0	–	2
Lafayette			–					9	–	2	–	1
Drexel			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					5	–	2	–	1
Dickinson			–					7	–	3	–	2
Swarthmore			–					7	–	3	–	2
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
Holy Cross			–					4	–	3	–	1
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			–					3	–	5	–	2
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
Rutgers			–					2	–	6	–	0
Western Univ. Penn.			–					1	–	3	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Gettysburg	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 32–0
October 2	at Lafayette	March Field Easton, PA	L 0–24
October 13	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–34
October 16	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–24	500
October 20	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 0–4
October 30	at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–45
November 13	vs. Bucknell	Williamsport, PA	W 27–4
November 20	Bloomsburg Normal	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 10–0
November 25	vs. Dickinson	Sunbury, PA	L 0–6