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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. 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 24Gettysburg
W 47–0
October 1at Penn
L 0–40
October 8at Lafayette
W 5–0
October 15Susquehanna
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 45–6
October 22at Navy
L 11–16
October 26at Princeton
L 0–5
October 29at Duquesne Country and Athletic ClubPittsburgh, PAL 5–18
November 5vs. BucknellWilliamsport, PAW 16–05,000[1][2]
November 19at Washington & JeffersonWashington, PAW 11–61,200[3]
November 25vs. DickinsonWilliamsport, PAW 34–0[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Bucknell Was Defeated". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 6, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "State 16; Bucknell, 0". Lewisburg Chronicle. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. November 12, 1898. p. 1. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
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