1892 Penn State football team

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1892 Penn State football
Penn State Football 1892.jpg
ConferenceIndependent
1892 record5–1
Head coach
  • George Hoskins (1st season)
CaptainGus Reed
Home stadiumOld Main lawn
Seasons
← 1891
1893 →
1892 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     13 0 0
Washington & Jefferson     4 0 0
Colgate     3 0 0
Penn     15 1 0
Cornell     10 1 0
Harvard     10 1 0
Princeton     12 2 0
Penn State     5 1 0
Tufts     8 2 0
Navy     5 2 0
Army     3 1 1
Swarthmore     7 3 0
Western Univ. Penn.     4 2 0
Amherst     9 5 0
Dartmouth     5 3 0
Franklin & Marshall     4 3 0
Bucknell     2 2 0
Fordham     2 2 0
Geneva     3 3 0
Stevens     1 1 0
Brown     4 5 1
Massachusetts     4 6 2
Rutgers     3 5 1
Lafayette     5 7 0
Lehigh     3 6 0
Delaware     1 2 2
Wesleyan     1 7 1
Drexel     0 1 0
NYU     0 1 0
Syracuse     0 8 1

The 1892 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 1892 college football season.[1] The team was coached by George Hoskins and played its home games on the Old Main lawn in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 1at PennPhiladelphia, PAL 0–20[2]
October 27Wyoming Seminary
W 40–0
November 5Pittsburgh Athletic Club
  • Old Main
  • State College, PA
W 16–0
November 12Bucknell
  • Old Main
  • State College, PA
W 18–0
November 23vs. LafayetteWilkes-Barre, PAW 18–0
November 25vs. DickinsonHarrisburg, PAW 16–0

References[]

  1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1890-1894)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  2. ^ "College Players Kick the Leather". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 2, 1892. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
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