1900 Penn State football team

1900 Penn State football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–6–1
Head coach	Pop Golden (1st season)
Captain	Henny Scholl
Home stadium	Beaver Field

1900 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					12	–	0	–	0
Penn			–					12	–	1	–	0
Harvard			–					10	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					10	–	2	–	0
Geneva			–					5	–	1	–	1
Lafayette			–					9	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					7	–	2	–	1
Princeton			–					8	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					5	–	2	–	0
Fordham			–					3	–	1	–	1
Army			–					7	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					7	–	3	–	1
Columbia			–					7	–	3	–	1
Villanova			–					5	–	2	–	2
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	3	–	1
Swarthmore			–					6	–	3	–	2
Holy Cross			–					5	–	3	–	1
Carlisle			–					6	–	4	–	1
Buffalo			–					3	–	2	–	2
Dickinson			–					5	–	4	–	0
Western Univ. of Penn			–					5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh College			–					3	–	3	–	1
Rutgers			–					4	–	4	–	0
Vermont			–					4	–	4	–	1
Lehigh			–					5	–	6	–	0
Frankin & Marshall			–					4	–	5	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	4	–	1
Penn State			–					4	–	6	–	1
Amherst			–					4	–	7	–	1
Dartmouth			–					2	–	4	–	2
NYU			–					3	–	6	–	1
Tufts			–					3	–	6	–	1
Wesleyan			–					3	–	6	–	1
New Hampshire			–					1	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					2	–	8	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	1	–	0

The 1900 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 1900 college football season.^[1] The team was coached by Pop Golden and played its home games in Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23		Susquehanna	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 17–0
September 29		vs. Western University of Pennsylvania	Bellefonte, PA (rivalry)	W 12–0	1,000	[2]
October 6		at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	T 0–0
October 10		at Princeton	Princeton, NJ	L 0–26		[3][4]
October 17		at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 5–17
October 20		at Dickinson	Carlisle, PA	L 0–18
October 27		at Duquesne Country and Athletic Club	Exposition Park Allegheny, PA	L 0–29	1,500	[5]
November 3		vs. Bucknell	Williamsport, PA	W 6–0
November 10		at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 0–44
November 17		Gettysburg	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 44–0
November 29	3:45 p.m.	at Buffalo	Buffalo Athletic Field Buffalo, NY	L 0–10		[6][7]
All times are in Eastern time

References

1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1900-1904)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
2. "Fine Showing By The WUPs". The Pittsburg Post. September 30, 1900. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Princeton's Strong Game". The New York Times. October 11, 1900. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Princeton, 26; State College, 0". Daily Princetonian. October 11, 1900. p. 1.
5. "Plucky State Bites the Dust". The Pittsburg Post. October 28, 1900. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Grandest Struggle Of The Local Season". Buffalo Courier. Buffalo, New York. November 30, 1900. p. 9. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
7. "U. Of B.'s Victory". The Buffalo Commercial. Buffalo, New York. November 30, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .