1901 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1901 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1901 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Pop Golden and played its home games in Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1901 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
1901 record5–3
Head coachPop Golden (2nd season)
Home stadiumBeaver Field
1901 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Harvard      12 0 0
Yale      11 1 1
Cornell      11 1 0
Dartmouth      10 1 0
Massachusetts      9 1 0
Princeton      9 1 1
Syracuse      7 1 0
Holy Cross      7 1 1
Geneva      6 1 1
Army      5 1 2
Western U. of Penn      7 2 1
Washington & Jefferson      6 2 1
Lafayette      9 3 0
Frankin & Marshall      7 3 1
Penn      10 5 0
Buffalo      4 2 0
Columbia      8 5 0
Fordham      2 1 1
Penn State      5 3 0
Bucknell      6 4 0
Temple      3 2 0
NYU      4 3 1
Tufts      6 6 1
Vermont      5 5 1
Dickinson      3 4 0
Carlisle      5 7 1
Amherst      4 6 2
Brown      4 7 1
Villanova      2 3 0
Wesleyan      3 6 1
Duquesne      1 2 0
Colgate      2 5 0
Boston College      1 8 0
Lehigh      1 11 0
New Hampshire      0 6 0
Rutgers      0 7 0

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 22Susquehanna
W 17–0
September 29vs. Western University of PennsylvaniaBellefonte, PA (rivalry)W 37–0
October 5at PennL 6–23
October 19at YaleL 0–22[2]
October 26at NavyW 11–6[3]
November 2at Homestead Library & Athletic ClubPittsburgh, PAL 0–39
November 16vs. LehighWilliamsport, PAW 38–0[4]
November 23Dickinson
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 12–0

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1900-1904)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. "Yale, 22; Penn State, 0: Hardest Game of the Season For Old Eli Thus Far". New York Daily Tribune. October 20, 1901. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "State College, 11; Annapolis, 6". The New York Times. October 27, 1901. p. 16 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Lehigh Is Hopelessly Outclassed". The Pittsburg Post. November 17, 1901. p. 15 via Newspapers.com.
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