1892 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1
Head coach
CaptainGus Reed
Home stadiumOld Main lawn
1892 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale   –  13 –0 –0
Washington & Jefferson   –  4 –0 –0
Colgate   –  3 –0 –0
Penn   –  15 –1 –0
Cornell   –  10 –1 –0
Harvard   –  10 –1 –0
Princeton   –  12 –2 –0
Penn State   –  5 –1 –0
Tufts   –  8 –2 –0
Navy   –  5 –2 –0
Army   –  3 –1 –1
Swarthmore   –  7 –3 –0
Western Univ. Penn.   –  4 –2 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –  4 –3 –0
Brown   –  4 –4 –2
Bucknell   –  2 –2 –0
Fordham   –  2 –2 –0
Geneva   –  3 –3 –0
Stevens   –  1 –1 –0
Massachusetts   –  4 –6 –2
Rutgers   –  3 –5 –1
Lafayette   –  5 –7 –0
Lehigh   –  3 –6 –0
Delaware   –  1 –2 –2
Wesleyan   –  1 –7 –1
Drexel   –  0 –1 –0
NYU   –  0 –1 –0
Syracuse   –  0 –8 –1

The 1892 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 1892 college football season.[1] The team was coached by George Hoskins and played its home games on the Old Main lawn in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 1at Penn
L 0–20[2]
October 14at Wyoming Seminary
W 40–0[3]
November 5at Pittsburgh Athletic ClubW 16–0[4][5]
November 12Bucknell
  • Old Main
  • State College, PA
W 18–0
November 23vs. Lafayette
  • West Side Park
  • Wilkes-Barre, PA
W 18–0[6]
November 24vs. Dickinson
W 16–0[7]

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. ↑ "College Players Kick the Leather". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 2, 1892. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "State College 40, Seminary 0". Wilkes-Barre Record. Wilkes-Barre, PA. October 15, 1892. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "The P. A. C.'s Beaten". The Pittsburg Dispatch. November 6, 1892. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Kickers Line Up". The Pittsburg Dispatch. November 5, 1892. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "State College 18, Lafayette 0". Wilkes-Barre Record. Wilkes-Barre, PA. November 24, 1892. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "The Harrisburg Game". The Evening Sentinel. Carlisle, PA. November 25, 1892. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.


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