1887 Penn State football team

1887 Penn State football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–0
Head coach	None
Captain	George Linsz
Home stadium	Old Main lawn

1887 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					9	–	0	–	0
Penn State			–					2	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					10	–	1	–	0
Lafayette			–					7	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					4	–	3	–	0
Williams			–					3	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					6	–	7	–	0
Wesleyan			–					4	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					4	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts			–					2	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					2	–	6	–	0
Bucknell			–					0	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					0	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					0	–	2	–	0
Vermont			–					0	–	2	–	0

The 1887 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 1887 college football season. The team went 2–0 and are the school's only unscored-upon team.^[1] The quarterback of this team was George H. "Lucy" Linsz. He later changed his last name from Linsz to Lins, probably during World War I. In 1887, Penn State's school colors were dark pink and black.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
November 5^‡	at Bucknell	Lewisburg, PA	W 54–0
November 19	Bucknell	Old Main State College, PA	W 24–0

^‡There is a date discrepancy. Bucknell lists this game as being played on November 12, 1887.

References

1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1885-1889)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.