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1901 Penn State football team

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1901 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
CaptainEarl Hewitt
Home stadiumBeaver Field
Seasons
← 1900
1902 →
1901 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard     12 0 0
Yale     11 1 1
Cornell     11 1 0
Dartmouth     10 1 0
Massachusetts     9 1 0
Princeton     9 1 1
Syracuse     7 1 0
Holy Cross     7 1 1
Geneva     6 1 1
Army     5 1 2
Western U. of Penn     7 2 1
Lafayette     9 3 0
Swarthmore     8 2 2
Washington & Jefferson     6 2 2
Frankin & Marshall     7 3 1
Penn     10 5 0
Buffalo     4 2 0
Columbia     8 5 0
Fordham     2 1 1
Penn State     5 3 0
Bucknell     6 4 0
Pittsburgh College     3 2 0
Temple     3 2 0
NYU     4 3 1
Tufts     6 6 1
Vermont     5 5 1
Dickinson     3 4 0
Carlisle     5 7 1
Brown     4 7 1
Villanova     2 3 0
Drexel     2 5 1
Colgate     2 5 0
Boston College     1 8 0
Lehigh     1 11 0
New Hampshire     0 6 0
Rutgers     0 7 0

The 1901 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 1901 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Pop Golden and played its home games in Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22SusquehannaW 17–0
September 29vs. Western University of PennsylvaniaBellefonte, PA (rivalry)W 37–0[2]
October 5at PennL 6–23[3]
October 19at YaleL 0–22[4]
October 26at NavyW 11–6[5]
November 2at Homestead Library & Athletic ClubL 0–39
November 16vs. LehighWilliamsport, PAW 38–01,500[6]
November 23Dickinson
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 12–01,500[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1900-1904)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "WUP Too Light for State's Team". The Pittsburg Press. September 29, 1901. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Quakers Defeat State College". The Philadelphia Times. October 6, 1901. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Yale, 22; Penn State, 0: Hardest Game of the Season For Old Eli Thus Far". New York Daily Tribune. October 20, 1901. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "State College, 11; Annapolis, 6". The New York Times. October 27, 1901. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Lehigh Is Hopelessly Outclassed". The Pittsburg Post. November 17, 1901. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Dickinson Outplayed". The Pittsburgh Press. November 24, 1901. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.