1898 Penn State football team

The 1898 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 1898 college football season. The team was coached by Samuel B. Newton and played its home games on Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.

1898 Penn State football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–4
Head coach	Samuel B. Newton (3rd season)
Captain	Lalon Hayes
Home stadium	Beaver Field

1898 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					11	–	0	–	0
Drexel			–					7	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					11	–	0	–	1
Penn			–					12	–	1	–	0
Buffalo			–					8	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					10	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore			–					9	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					9	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					9	–	2	–	0
Dickinson			–					8	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	2	–	1
Wesleyan			–					7	–	3	–	0
Western Penn.			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					6	–	4	–	0
Carlisle			–					6	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh College			–					6	–	4	–	1
Army			–					3	–	2	–	1
Vermont			–					3	–	2	–	1
Holy Cross			–					5	–	4	–	1
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	3
Fordham			–					1	–	1	–	2
Frankin & Marshall			–					4	–	4	–	2
New Hampshire			–					4	–	4	–	0
Amherst			–					4	–	5	–	1
Villanova			–					2	–	4	–	1
Lehigh			–					3	–	6	–	1
Boston College			–					2	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	5	–	0
Lafayette			–					3	–	8	–	0
NYU			–					1	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	6	–	1
Tufts			–					1	–	9	–	0
Geneva			–					0	–	6	–	1

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Gettysburg	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 47–0
October 1	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–40
October 8	at Lafayette	March Field Easton, PA	W 5–0
October 15	Susquehanna	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 45–6
October 22	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 11–16
October 26	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–5
October 29	at Duquesne Country and Athletic Club	Pittsburgh, PA	L 5–18
November 5	vs. Bucknell	Williamsport, PA	W 16–0
November 19	at Washington & Jefferson	Washington, PA	W 11–6	1,200
November 25	vs. Dickinson	Williamsport, PA	W 34–0