1890 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1890 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1890 college football season.[1] The team played its home games on the Old Main lawn in University Park, Pennsylvania.

1890 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
1890 record2–2
Head coachnone
Home stadiumOld Main lawn
1890 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Harvard      11 0 0
Yale      13 1 0
Princeton      11 1 1
Franklin & Marshall      8 2 0
Navy      5 1 1
Penn      11 3 0
Cornell      8 4 0
Washington & Jefferson      2 1 0
Syracuse      7 4 0
Lehigh      6 4 0
Delaware      3 2 0
Amherst      6 5 1
Rutgers      5 5 1
Dartmouth      4 4 0
Penn State      2 2 0
Colgate      1 1 0
Wesleyan      5 6 0
Tufts      2 3 0
Brown      2 4 1
Western Univ. Penn      1 2 0
Lafayette      2 5 1
Fordham      1 3 1
Massachusetts      1 4 0
Columbia      1 5 1
Army      0 1 0
Geneva      0 1 0

Despite the article title, the school did not adopt the Nittany Lion as its mascot until 1907.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 11at PennPhiladelphia, PAL 0–20[2]
October 12at Franklin & Marshall
L 0–10500[3][4]
November 15Altoona Athletic AssociationW 68–0
November 27at Bellefonte AcademyBellefonte, PAW 23–0

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1890-1894)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  2. "Season of Football: The University of Pennsylvania Downs State College". The Times (Philadelphia). October 12, 1890. p. 3 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Football Match at Lancaster". The New York Times. October 14, 1890. p. 3 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "One More Victory: Our Foot Ball Team Defeats the State College". The Morning News. October 14, 1890. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
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