1911 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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1911 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Penn State Football 1911.jpg
Co-national champion (NCF)
ConferenceIndependent
1911 record8–0–1
Head coach
  • Bill Hollenback (2nd season)
CaptainDexter Very
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
← 1910
1912 →
1911 Eastern college football independents records
  • v
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn State   –   8 – 0 – 1
Carlisle   –   11 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   8 – 0 – 2
Trinity (CT)   –   6 – 0 – 2
Temple   –   6 �� 1 – 0
Army   –   6 – 1 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 1 – 1
Dartmouth   –   8 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   8 – 2 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 2 – 1
Harvard   –   6 – 2 – 1
Cornell   –   7 – 3 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   5 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   7 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   7 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   4 – 3 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 2
Dickinson   –   4 – 4 – 0
Lehigh   –   5 – 5 – 1
Rutgers   –   4 – 4 – 1
Dickinson   –   4 – 4 – 0
St. Bonaventure   –   2 – 2 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 5 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 0
Vermont   –   3 – 5 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 3 – 3
Colgate   –   3 – 6 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   3 – 6 – 0
Geneva   –   1 – 6 – 1
Villanova   –   0 – 5 – 1
Boston College   –   0 – 7 – 0

The 1911 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Penn State University during the 1911 college football season. Undefeated, but with one tie,[1] the team was recognized retroactively as a national champion by the National Championship Foundation.[2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Geneva
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 57–0
October 7Gettysburg
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 31–0
October 14at CornellIthaca, NYW 5–0
October 21Villanova
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 18–0
October 28at Penn
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 22–615,000
November 4St. Bonaventure
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 46–0[3]
November 11Colgate
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 17–9
November 18at Navy
  • Worden Field
  • Annapolis, MD
T 0–0
November 30at Pittsburgh
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
W 3–015,000–20,000[4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1910-1914)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  3. ^ "Penn State Swamps St. Bonaventure". The Gazette Times. Pittsburgh. November 5, 1911. sec. 3, p. 2. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  4. ^ "Game and Prize Go to State". The Pittsburgh Post. December 1, 1911. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Pitt is Beaten By State, 3-0". The Gazette Times. Pittsburgh. December 1, 1911. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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