1890 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainHarvey McLean
Home stadiumOld Main lawn
1890 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
Washington & Jefferson    2 1 0
Cornell    7 4 0
Syracuse    7 4 0
Springfield YMCA    5 3 0
Lehigh    6 4 0
Delaware    3 2 0
Rutgers    5 5 1
Penn State    2 2 0
Colgate    1 1 0
Wesleyan    5 6 0
Tufts    2 3 0
Western Univ. Penn    1 2 0
Lafayette    2 5 1
Brown    2 5 0
Bucknell    1 4 1
Fordham    1 3 1
Massachusetts    1 4 0
Columbia    1 5 1
Army    0 1 0
Geneva    0 1 0

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

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. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. 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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