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1892 Penn State football team

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1892 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1
Head coach
CaptainGus Reed
Home stadiumOld Main lawn
Seasons
← 1891
1893 →
1892 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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
Stevens     1 1 0
Lafayette     5 7 0
Massachusetts     4 6 2
Delaware     1 2 2
Rutgers     3 5 1
Geneva     2 4 0
Lehigh     3 6 0
Wesleyan     1 7 1
Syracuse     0 8 1
Drexel     0 1 0
NYU     0 1 0

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

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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

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  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.