1894 Penn State football team

American college football season

1894 Penn State football

Conference| Independent
Record| 6–0–1
Head coach|

* George W. Hoskins (3rd season)

Captain| Benjamin Fisher
Home stadium| Beaver Field

Seasons

<- 1893

1895 ->

1894 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 16  | - | 0  | - | 0
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 12  | - | 0  | - | 0
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 0  | - | 0
Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 1
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 2  | - | 0
Geneva |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0
Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0
Holy Ghost College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 1
Washington & Jefferson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 1
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 5  | - | 0
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 1  | - | 1
Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0
Frankin & Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 1
Amherst |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 5  | - | 0
Trinity (CT) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 5  | - | 0
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 5  | - | 0
Massachusetts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0
Swarthmore |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 0
Western Univ. Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0
Lafayette |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 6  | - | 0
New Hampshire |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0
Rutgers |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
Lehigh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 9  | - | 0
Williams |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0
Drexel |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0
MIT |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0
Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0
Carlisle |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0
Buffalo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 2  | - | 0
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0
Wesleyan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0

The 1894 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 1894 college football season. The team was coached by George W. Hoskins and played its home games on Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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October 13| Gettysburg|

* Beaver Field
* State College, PA

| W 60–0| |
October 20| Lafayette|

* Beaver Field
* State College, PA

| W 72–0| |
November 10| at Navy|

* Worden Field
* Annapolis, MD

| T 6–6| |
November 17| vs. Bucknell|

* Athletic Park
* Williamsport, PA

| W 12–6| 2,000| [1][2][3]
November 23| at Washington & Jefferson| Washington, PA| W 6–0| | [4]
November 24| at Oberlin| Oberlin, OH| W 9–6| |
November 29| at Pittsburgh Athletic Club| Pittsburgh, PA| W 14–0| |

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## References

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1. ^ "Other Games.—How The Long Haired Players Fared On Different Fields". The Gazette. York, Pennsylvania. November 18, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved January 12, 2025 - via Newspapers.com .
2. ^ "Bucknell Vs State College". Lewisburg Journal. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. November 21, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved January 12, 2025 - via Newspapers.com .
3. ^ "Foot Ball Again!—This Time State and Bucknell Meet". Lewisburg Chronicle. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. November 24, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved January 12, 2025 - via Newspapers.com .
4. ^ "Bold Bad Suter". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 24, 1894. p. 6. Retrieved September 27, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
5. ^ "Penn State Football 2024 Media Guide" (PDF). Penn State Nittany Lions. p. 301. Retrieved January 13, 2025.

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Penn State Nittany Lions football

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* Old Main lawn (until 1891)
* Beaver Field (1892–1908)
* New Beaver Field (1909–1959)
* Beaver Stadium (1960–present)

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