1897 Penn State football team

1897 Penn State football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–6
Head coach	Samuel B. Newton (2nd season)
Captain	Joe Curtin
Home stadium	Beaver Field

1897 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Penn			–					15	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					10	–	1	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					10	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					9	–	0	–	2
Buffalo			–					9	–	1	–	0
Harvard			–					10	–	1	–	1
Army			–					6	–	1	–	1
Vermont			–					3	–	0	–	2
Lafayette			–					9	–	2	–	1
Drexel			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					5	–	2	–	1
Dickinson			–					7	–	3	–	2
Swarthmore			–					7	–	3	–	2
Fordham			–					2	–	1	–	1
Cornell			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					7	–	4	–	0
Carlisle			–					6	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					4	–	3	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	3	–	1
NYU			–					3	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	3	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					4	–	4	–	1
Wesleyan			–					6	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					6	–	7	–	0
Geneva			–					3	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh College			–					3	–	5	–	2
Villanova			–					3	–	5	–	1
Penn State			–					3	–	6	–	0
Amherst			–					2	–	6	–	2
Frankin & Marshall			–					2	–	6	–	2
Lehigh			–					3	–	7	–	0
New Hampshire			–					2	–	5	–	0
Rutgers			–					2	–	5	–	0
Western Univ. Penn.			–					1	–	3	–	0

The 1897 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 1897 college football season.^[1] The team was coached by Samuel B. Newton and played its home games on Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Gettysburg	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 32–0
October 2	at Lafayette	March Field Easton, PA	L 0–24
October 13	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–34		[2]
October 16	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–24	500	[3][4]
October 20	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 0–4
October 30	at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–45
November 13	vs. Bucknell	Williamsport, PA	W 27–4
November 20	Bloomsburg Normal	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 10–0
November 25	vs. Dickinson	Sunbury, PA	L 0–6		[5]

References

1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
2. "Scares the Tigers: State Almost Scores Twice Against Princeton's Team". Chicago Tribune. October 14, 1897. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Penn Downed State By A Small Score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 21, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "Penn's Playing Was Mediocre". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 21, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
5. "Dickinson 6, State 0: The Carlisle Team Too Much for State College". The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA). November 26, 1897. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.