1895 Penn State football team

The 1895 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 1895 college football season.[1] The team was coached by George Hoskins and played its home games on Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.

1895 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–2–3
Head coach
CaptainWalter McCaskey
Home stadiumBeaver Field
Seasons
← 1894
1896 →
1895 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn     14 0 0
Yale     13 0 2
Princeton     10 1 1
Washington & Jefferson     6 1 1
Harvard     8 2 1
Lafayette     6 2 0
Syracuse     6 2 2
Army     5 2 0
Bucknell     5 2 0
Colgate     4 2 0
Swarthmore     7 4 1
Tufts     8 5 0
Villanova     4 2 0
Wesleyan     6 3 0
Amherst     6 5 0
Brown     7 6 1
Carlisle     4 4 0
Drexel     3 3 1
Penn State     2 2 3
Cornell     3 4 1
Rutgers     3 4 0
New Hampshire     2 3 1
Frankin & Marshall     3 5 1
Boston College     2 4 2
Lehigh     3 6 0
CCNY     2 5 1
Buffalo     1 4 2
Temple     1 4 1
MIT     1 4 0
Trinity (CT)     1 4 0
Massachusetts     1 5 0
Western Univ. Penn.     1 6 0
Geneva     0 5 0

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25GettysburgW 20–6
October 5at Cornell
T 0–01,000
October 26vs. BucknellWilliamsport, PAW 16–04,000
November 9at PennL 4–355,000[2]
November 16at Pittsburgh Athletic ClubPittsburgh, PAL 10–112,000
November 18at Washington & Jefferson
T 6–6[3]
November 28at Western ReserveCleveland, OHT 8–8

References

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  1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  2. ^ "Penn's Goal Line Again Crossed". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 10, 1895. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "State And W. & J." The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 19, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .