1899 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1899 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1899 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Sam Boyle and played its home games on Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.

1899 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
1899 record4–6–1
Head coachSam Boyle (1st season)
Home stadiumBeaver Field
1899 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Harvard      10 0 1
Buffalo      6 0 0
Duquesne      2 0 2
Lafayette      12 1 0
Princeton      12 1 0
Boston College      8 1 1
Carlisle      9 2 0
Wesleyan      7 2 0
Villanova      7 2 1
Yale      7 2 1
Western Univ. of Penn.      3 1 1
Columbia      9 3 0
Fordham      3 1 0
Cornell      7 3 0
Penn      8 3 2
Brown      7 3 1
Geneva      2 1 0
New Hampshire      4 2 0
Tufts      7 4 0
Syracuse      4 4 0
Army      4 5 0
Colgate      4 5 0
Penn State      4 6 1
Frankin & Marshall      3 5 1
Amherst      4 7 1
NYU      2 6 0
Temple      1 4 1
Lehigh      2 9 0
Rutgers      2 9 0

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 23Mansfield
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 38–0
September 30Gettysburg
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 40–0
October 7at Army
W 6–0
October 13Washington & Jefferson
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
T 0–0
October 18at Princeton
L 0–12
October 21at Navy
L 0–6
October 28Dickinson
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 15–0
November 4vs. BucknellWilliamsport, PAL 0–5
November 11at Yale
L 0–42
November 17at Penn
L 0–47
November 25at Duquesne Athletic ClubPittsburgh, PAL 5–64

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
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