1894 Penn State football team

1894 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–0–1
Head coach
CaptainBenjamin Fisher
Home stadiumBeaver Field
1894 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   16 – 0 – 0
Penn   –   12 – 0 – 0
Villanova   –   1 – 0 – 0
  –   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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 13Gettysburg
W 60–0
October 20Lafayette
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 72–0
November 10at Navy
T 6–6
November 17vs. Bucknell
W 12–62,000[1][2][3]
November 23at Washington & JeffersonWashington, PAW 6–0[4]
November 24at OberlinOberlin, OHW 9–6
November 29at Pittsburgh Athletic ClubPittsburgh, PAW 14–0

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References

  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 Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Bucknell Vs State College". Lewisburg Journal. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. November 21, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved January 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  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 Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Bold Bad Suter". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 24, 1894. p. 6. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Penn State Football 2024 Media Guide" (PDF). Penn State Nittany Lions. p. 301. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
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