1908 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1908 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1908 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Tom Fennell and played its home games on Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1908 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–5
Head coach
CaptainBull McCleary
Home stadiumBeaver Field
Seasons
← 1907
1909 →
1908 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn     11 0 1
Harvard     9 0 1
Cornell     7 1 1
Fordham     5 1 0
Yale     7 1 1
Dartmouth     6 1 1
Carlisle     10 2 1
Washington & Jefferson     10 2 1
Army     6 1 2
Pittsburgh     8 3 0
Lafayette     6 2 2
Princeton     5 2 3
Syracuse     6 3 1
Brown     5 3 1
Temple     3 2 1
Colgate     4 3 0
Lehigh     4 3 0
Dickinson     5 4 0
Amherst     3 3 2
Holy Cross     4 4 0
Penn State     5 5 0
Vermont     3 3 3
Wesleyan     3 4 2
Springfield Training School     3 4 1
NYU     2 3 2
Frankin & Marshall     4 6 1
Bucknell     3 5 2
Rutgers     3 5 1
Boston College     2 4 2
Carnegie Tech     3 7 0
Geneva     1 6 2
Tufts     1 6 1
Villanova     1 6 0
New Hampshire     1 7 0
Drexel     0 7 0

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19Bellefonte AcademyL 5–6
September 26Grove City
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 31–0
October 3vs. CarlisleWilkes-Barre, PAL 5–1210,000
October 10at PennL 0–67,000[2]
October 17Geneva
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 51–0[3]
October 24West Virginia
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 12–0
October 31at CornellIthaca, NYL 4–10
November 7Bucknell
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 33–6
November 14at NavyL 0–5
November 26at PittsburghW 12–69,000[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "Penn State Holds U.P. To 6-0 Score". The Scranton Republican. October 11, 1908. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "State Outplays Geneva, Score 51–0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 18, 1908. p. 23. Retrieved September 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "State Beats Pitt in Annual Battle on the Gridiron". The Pittsburgh Post. November 27, 1908. pp. 1, 11 – via Newspapers.com.