1897 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–6
Head coach
CaptainJoe Curtin
Home stadiumBeaver Field
1897 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn   –  15 –0 –0
Princeton   –  10 –1 –0
Washington & Jefferson   –  10 –1 –0
Yale   –  9 –0 –2
Buffalo   –  9 –1 –0
Harvard   –  10 –1 –1
Army   –  6 –1 –1
Vermont   –  3 –0 –2
Lafayette   –  9 –2 –1
Drexel   –  6 –2 –1
Colgate   –  5 –2 –1
Dickinson   –  7 –3 –2
Swarthmore   –  7 –3 –2
Fordham   –  2 –1 –1
Cornell   –  5 –3 –1
Syracuse   –  5 –3 –1
Brown   –  7 –4 –0
Carlisle   –  6 –4 –0
Boston College   –  4 –3 –0
Holy Cross   –  4 –3 –1
Bucknell   –  3 –3 –1
NYU   –  3 –3 –0
Temple   –  3 –3 –0
Trinity (CT)   –  4 –4 –1
Wesleyan   –  6 –6 –0
Tufts   –  6 –7 –0
Geneva   –  3 –4 –1
Pittsburgh College   –  3 –5 –2
Villanova   –  3 –5 –1
Penn State   –  3 –6 –0
Amherst   –  2 –6 –2
Frankin & Marshall   –  2 –6 –2
Lehigh   –  3 –7 –0
New Hampshire   –  2 –5 –0
Rutgers   –  2 –6 –0
Western Univ. Penn.   –  1 –3 –0

The 1897 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 1897 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Samuel B. Newton and played its home games on Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25GettysburgW 32–0
October 2at Lafayette
L 0–24
October 13at PrincetonL 0–34[2]
October 16at PennL 0–24500[3][4]
October 20at NavyL 0–4
October 30at Cornell
L 0–45
November 13vs. BucknellWilliamsport, PAW 27–4
November 20Bloomsburg Normal
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 10–0
November 25vs. DickinsonSunbury, PAL 0–6

References

  1. ↑ "Penn State Yearly Results (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Scares the Tigers: State Almost Scores Twice Against Princeton's Team". Chicago Tribune. October 14, 1897. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Penn Downed State By A Small Score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 21, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ↑ "Penn's Playing Was Mediocre". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 21, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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