1908 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1908 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–5
Head coach	Tom Fennell (5th season)
Captain	Bull McCleary
Home stadium	Beaver Field

1908 Eastern college football independents records

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

The 1908 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1908 college football season.^[1] The team was coached by Tom Fennell and played its home games on Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	Bellefonte Academy	Beaver Field State College, PA	L 5–6
September 26	Grove City	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 31–0
October 3	vs. Carlisle	Wilkes-Barre, PA	L 5–12	10,000
October 10	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–6	7,000	[2]
October 17	Geneva	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 51–0		[3]
October 24	West Virginia	Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 12–0
October 31	at Cornell	Ithaca, NY	L 4–10
November 7	Bucknell	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 33–6
November 14	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 0–5
November 26	at Pittsburgh	Exposition Park Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	W 12–6	9,000	[4]

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. "Penn State Holds U.P. To 6-0 Score". The Scranton Republican. October 11, 1908. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "State Outplays Geneva, Score 51–0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 18, 1908. p. 23. Retrieved September 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "State Beats Pitt in Annual Battle on the Gridiron". The Pittsburgh Post. November 27, 1908. pp. 1, 11 – via Newspapers.com.