1907 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1907 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–4
Head coach	Tom Fennell (4th season)
Captain	Harry Burns
Home stadium	Beaver Field

1907 Eastern college football independents records

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

The 1907 Penn State Nittany Lions football team was an American football team that represented Pennsylvania State College—now known as Pennsylvania State University–as an independent during the 1907 college football season.^[1] The team was coached by Tom Fennell and played its home games on Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania. This was the first year that Penn State had adopted the Nittany Lion as its official mascot.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	at Altoona Athletic Association	Altoona, PA	W 27–0
September 28	Geneva	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 34–0		[2]
October 5	vs. Carlisle	Williamsport, PA	L 5–18
October 12	Grove City	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 46–0
October 19	at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 8–6
October 26	Lebanon Valley	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 75–0
November 2	vs. Dickinson	Williamsport, PA	W 52–0
November 9	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–28
November 16	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 4–6
November 28	at Western University of Pennsylvania	Exposition Park Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 0–6	10,000	[3]

References

1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
2. "State Runs Up 34 On Geneva's Team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 29, 1907. p. 28. Retrieved September 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
3. "W.U.P. Defeats State College Eleven In Sensational Football Struggle". The Pittsburgh Post. November 29, 1907. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.