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1898 Penn State football team

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1898 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4
Head coach
CaptainLalon Hayes
Home stadiumBeaver Field
Seasons
← 1897
1899 →
1898 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard     11 0 0
Drexel     7 0 0
Princeton     11 0 1
Penn     12 1 0
Buffalo     8 1 0
Cornell     10 2 0
Swarthmore     9 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     9 2 0
Yale     9 2 0
Dickinson     8 2 0
Syracuse     8 2 1
Wesleyan     7 3 0
Western Penn.     5 2 1
Brown     6 4 0
Carlisle     6 4 0
Penn State     6 4 0
Pittsburgh College     6 4 1
Army     3 2 1
Vermont     3 2 1
Holy Cross     5 4 1
Bucknell     4 4 3
Fordham     1 1 2
Frankin & Marshall     4 4 2
New Hampshire     4 4 0
Amherst     4 5 1
Villanova     2 4 1
Lehigh     3 6 1
Boston College     2 5 1
Colgate     2 5 1
Temple     2 5 0
Lafayette     3 8 0
NYU     1 3 0
Rutgers     1 6 1
Tufts     1 9 0
Geneva     0 6 1

The 1898 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 1898 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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24GettysburgW 47–0
October 1at PennL 0–40
October 8at Lafayette
W 5–0
October 15Susquehanna
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 45–6
October 22at NavyL 11–16
October 26at PrincetonL 0–5
October 29at Duquesne Country and Athletic ClubPittsburgh, PAL 5–18
November 5vs. BucknellWilliamsport, PAW 16–0
November 19at Washington & JeffersonWashington, PAW 11–61,200[2]
November 25vs. DickinsonWilliamsport, PAW 34–0[3]

References

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  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. ^ "A Defeat For W. & J." The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 20, 1898. p. 15. Retrieved September 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "State's Big Tally: Defeats Dickinson College in the Annual Thanksgiving Game 34 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 25, 1898. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.