1890 Penn State football team

1890 Penn State football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–2
Head coach	None
Captain	Harvey McLean
Home stadium	Old Main lawn

1890 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					11	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					13	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					11	–	1	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					8	–	2	–	0
Navy			–					5	–	1	–	1
Penn			–					11	–	3	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					2	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					7	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					7	–	4	–	0
Springfield YMCA			–					5	–	3	–	0
Lehigh			–					6	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					5	–	5	–	1
Penn State			–					2	–	2	–	0
Colgate			–					1	–	1	–	0
Wesleyan			–					5	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					2	–	3	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	4	–	0
Western Univ. Penn			–					1	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					2	–	5	–	1
Brown			–					2	–	5	–	0
Bucknell			–					1	–	4	–	1
Fordham			–					1	–	3	–	1
Massachusetts			–					1	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					1	–	5	–	1
Army			–					0	–	1	–	0
Geneva			–					0	–	1	–	0

The 1890 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 1890 college football season.^[1] The team played its home games on the Old Main lawn in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 11	at Penn	Philadelphia, PA	L 0–20		[2]
October 12	at Franklin & Marshall	McGrann's Park Lancaster, PA	L 0–10	500	[3][4]
November 15	Altoona Athletic Association	Old Main State College, PA	W 68–0
November 27	at Bellefonte Academy	Bellefonte, PA	W 23–0

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. "Season of Football: The University of Pennsylvania Downs State College". The Times (Philadelphia). October 12, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Football Match at Lancaster". The New York Times. October 14, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "One More Victory: Our Foot Ball Team Defeats the State College". The Morning News. October 14, 1890. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.