1905 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–3
Head coach
CaptainEd Yeckley
Home stadiumBeaver Field
1905 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale   –  10 –0 –0
Penn   –  12 –0 –1
Temple   –  2 –0 –1
Dartmouth   –  7 –1 –2
Swarthmore   –  7 –1 –0
Western U. of Penn.   –  10 –2 –0
Princeton   –  8 –2 –0
Harvard   –  8 –2 –1
Washington & Jefferson   –  10 –3 –0
Lafayette   –  7 –2 –1
Wesleyan   –  7 –2 –1
Carlisle   –  10 –4 –0
Penn State   –  8 –3 –0
Syracuse   –  8 –3 –0
Fordham   –  5 –2 –0
Amherst   –  3 –1 –2
Holy Cross   –  6 –3 –0
Brown   –  7 –4 –0
Tufts   –  5 –3 –0
Vermont   –  6 –4 –1
Cornell   –  6 –4 –0
Colgate   –  5 –4 –0
Columbia   –  4 –3 –2
Army   –  4 –4 –1
Bucknell   –  5 –5 –0
NYU   –  3 –3 –1
Lehigh   –  6 –7 –0
Frankin & Marshall   –  4 –6 –0
Geneva   –  4 –6 –0
New Hampshire   –  2 –4 –2
Springfield Training School   –  3 –5 –0
Rutgers   –  3 –6 –0
Villanova   –  3 –7 –0
Drexel   –  1 –7 –0

The 1905 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 1905 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Tom Fennell and played its home games on Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16Lebanon ValleyW 23–0
September 30California (PA)
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 29–0
October 7vs. Carlisle
L 0–1110,000[2]
October 14at Gettysburg
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 18–0
October 21at YaleL 0–122,000[3]
October 28Villanova
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 29–0[4]
November 4at NavyL 5–11
November 11Geneva
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 73–0[5]
November 18vs. DickinsonWilliamsport, PAW 6–08,000
November 24West Virginia
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 6–0
November 30at Western University of PennsylvaniaW 6–08,000[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Penn State Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Carlisle Indians Down the State College Team in Their Annual Struggle on the Gridiron -- Score 11 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 8, 1905. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Yale, 12; Penn. State, 0". The New York Times. October 22, 1905. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "State Plays Fine Game". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 29, 1905. p. 15. Retrieved June 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ↑ "State Rolled Up Big Score: Geneva No Match for Whit and Blue -- Outlook Is Good". The Pittsburg Press. November 12, 1905. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Pittsburg Players Suffer Bitter Defeat at End of Season". Pittsburgh Daily Post. December 1, 1905. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.


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