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1897 Penn State football team

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1897 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–6
Head coach
CaptainJoe Curtin
Home stadiumBeaver Field
Seasons
← 1896
1898 →
1897 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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 5 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. The team was coached by Samuel B. Newton and played its home games on Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25GettysburgW 32–0
October 2at Lafayette
L 0–24
October 13at PrincetonL 0–34[1]
October 16at PennL 0–24500[2][3]
October 20at NavyL 0–4
October 30at Cornell
L 0–45
November 132:40 p.m.vs. Bucknell
W 27–41,800[4][5][6]
November 20Bloomsburg Normal
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 10–0
November 25vs. DickinsonSunbury, PAL 0–6[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Scares the Tigers: State Almost Scores Twice Against Princeton's Team". Chicago Tribune. October 14, 1897. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Penn's Playing Was Mediocre". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 21, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "State and Bucknell". Altoona Tribune. Altoona, Pennsylvania. November 12, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "State By A Healthy Score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 14, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Bucknell Defeated". Lewisburg Chronicle. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. November 20, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Dickinson 6, State 0: The Carlisle Team Too Much for State College". The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA). November 26, 1897. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.