1893 Penn State football team

1893 Penn State football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–1
Head coach	George Hoskins (2nd season)
Captain	Ed Haley
Home stadium	Beaver Field

1893 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princeton			–					11	–	0	–	0
Fordham			–					4	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					12	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					10	–	1	–	0
Colgate			–					3	–	0	–	2
Penn			–					12	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					4	–	1	–	0
Wesleyan			–					4	–	1	–	0
Holy Ghost			–					6	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore			–					6	–	2	–	1
Lehigh			–					7	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					6	–	3	–	0
Carlisle			–					2	–	1	–	0
Frankin & Marshall			–					4	–	2	–	1
Navy			–					5	–	3	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					5	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					3	–	2	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	3	–	0
Amherst			–					7	–	6	–	1
Boston College			–					3	–	3	–	0
Geneva			–					2	–	2	–	1
Army			–					4	–	5	–	0
Williams			–					2	–	3	–	1
Tufts			–					4	–	7	–	0
Cornell			–					3	–	6	–	1
Worcester Tech			–					2	–	4	–	1
Boston University			–					1	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					3	–	6	–	0
Syracuse			–					4	–	9	–	1
Western Penn			–					1	–	4	–	0
MIT			–					1	–	5	–	0
Massachusetts			–					1	–	9	–	0
New Hampshire			–					0	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					0	–	4	–	0
Maine			–					0	–	5	–	0

The 1893 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 1893 college football season.^[1] The team was coached by George Hoskins. It was first team to play on Beaver Field, Penn State football's first permanent home.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 14	at Virginia	Madison Hall Field Charlottesville, VA	W 6–0		[2]
October 25	at Penn	University Athletic Grounds Philadelphia, PA	L 6–18	3,000	[3]
November 6	Western University of Pennsylvania	Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 32–0		[4]
November 11	at Bucknell	Lewisburg, PA	W 36–18	2,000
November 30	at Pittsburgh Athletic Club	PAC Park Pittsburgh, PA	W 12–0		[5]

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. "University of Virginia team lost". The Washington Post. October 15, 1893. Retrieved April 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Pennsylvania's Small Total: The State College Scores Against the University". The Times (Philadelphia). October 26, 1893. p. 6.
4. "State College Winners". Pittsburgh Press. November 7, 1893. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "The Season Ends". The Pittsburgh Post. December 1, 1893. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.