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.[1] The team was coached by Samuel B. Newton and played its home games on Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.

1898 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4
Head coach
CaptainLalon Hayes
Home stadiumBeaver Field
Seasons
← 1897
1899 →
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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24GettysburgW 47–0
October 1at PennL 0–40
October 8at Lafayette
W 5–0
October 15Susquehanna
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 45–6
October 22at NavyL 11–16
October 26at PrincetonL 0–5
October 29at Duquesne Country and Athletic ClubPittsburgh, PAL 5–18
November 5vs. BucknellWilliamsport, PAW 16–0
November 19at Washington & JeffersonWashington, PAW 11–61,200[2]
November 25vs. DickinsonWilliamsport, PAW 34–0[3]

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. ^ "A Defeat For W. & J." The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 20, 1898. p. 15. Retrieved September 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  3. ^ "State's Big Tally: Defeats Dickinson College in the Annual Thanksgiving Game 34 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 25, 1898. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.