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(Redirected from 1890 Penn State Nittany Lions football team) American college football season

1890 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–2
Head coach
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CaptainHarvey McLean
Home stadiumOld Main lawn
Seasons← 18891891 →
1890 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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
Rutgers     5 5 1
Penn State     2 2 0
Colgate     1 1 0
Wesleyan     5 6 0
Tufts     2 3 0
NYU     2 4 0
Western Univ. Penn     1 2 0
Lafayette     2 5 1
Fordham     1 3 1
Brown     2 5 0
Bucknell     1 4 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. The team played its home games on the Old Main lawn in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 11at PennPhiladelphia, PAL 0–20
October 12at Franklin & MarshallL 0–10500
November 15Altoona Athletic AssociationW 68–0
November 27at Bellefonte AcademyBellefonte, PAW 23–0

References

  1. "Season of Football: The University of Pennsylvania Downs State College". The Times (Philadelphia). October 12, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Football Match at Lancaster". The New York Times. October 14, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "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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