1901 Penn State football team

1901 Penn State football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3
Head coach	Pop Golden (2nd season)
Captain	Earl Hewitt
Home stadium	Beaver Field

1901 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					12	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					11	–	1	–	1
Cornell			–					11	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					10	–	1	–	0
Massachusetts			–					9	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					9	–	1	–	1
Syracuse			–					7	–	1	–	0
Holy Cross			–					7	–	1	–	1
Geneva			–					6	–	1	–	1
Army			–					5	–	1	–	2
Western U. of Penn			–					7	–	2	–	1
Lafayette			–					9	–	3	–	0
Swarthmore			–					8	–	2	–	2
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	2	–	2
Frankin & Marshall			–					7	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					10	–	5	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	2	–	0
Columbia			–					8	–	5	–	0
Fordham			–					2	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh College			–					3	–	2	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	0
NYU			–					4	–	3	–	1
Tufts			–					6	–	6	–	1
Vermont			–					5	–	5	–	1
Dickinson			–					3	–	4	–	0
Carlisle			–					5	–	7	–	1
Brown			–					4	–	7	–	1
Villanova			–					2	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	0
Boston College			–					1	–	8	–	0
Lehigh			–					1	–	11	–	0
New Hampshire			–					0	–	6	–	0
Rutgers			–					0	–	7	–	0

The 1901 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 1901 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	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	Susquehanna	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 17–0
September 29	vs. Western University of Pennsylvania	Bellefonte, PA (rivalry)	W 37–0		[2]
October 5	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–23		[3]
October 19	at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–22		[4]
October 26	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	W 11–6		[5]
November 2	at Homestead Library & Athletic Club	Exposition Park Allegheny City, PA	L 0–39
November 16	vs. Lehigh	Williamsport, PA	W 38–0	1,500	[6]
November 23	Dickinson	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 12–0	1,500	[7]

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. "WUP Too Light for State's Team". The Pittsburg Press. September 29, 1901. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Quakers Defeat State College". The Philadelphia Times. October 6, 1901. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Yale, 22; Penn State, 0: Hardest Game of the Season For Old Eli Thus Far". New York Daily Tribune. October 20, 1901. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "State College, 11; Annapolis, 6". The New York Times. October 27, 1901. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Lehigh Is Hopelessly Outclassed". The Pittsburg Post. November 17, 1901. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Dickinson Outplayed". The Pittsburgh Press. November 24, 1901. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.