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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