1892 Penn State football team

1892 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1
Head coach
CaptainA. C. Read
Home stadiumOld Main lawn
1892 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   13 – 0 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   4 – 0 – 0
Colgate   –   3 – 0 – 0
Penn   –   15 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   10 – 1 – 0
Harvard   –   10 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   12 – 2 – 0
  –   5 – 1 – 0
Tufts   –   8 – 2 – 0
Navy   –   5 – 2 – 0
Army   –   3 – 1 – 1
Swarthmore   –   7 – 3 – 0
Western Univ. Penn.   –   4 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   4 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   4 – 4 – 2
Bucknell   –   2 – 2 – 0
Fordham   –   2 – 2 – 0
Stevens   –   1 – 1 – 0
Lafayette   –   5 – 7 – 0
Massachusetts   –   4 – 6 – 2
Rutgers   –   3 – 5 – 1
Geneva   –   2 – 4 – 0
Lehigh   –   3 – 6 – 0
Wesleyan   –   1 – 7 – 1
Syracuse   –   0 – 8 – 1
Drexel   –   0 – 1 – 0
NYU   –   0 – 1 – 0

The 1892 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 1892 college football season. The team was coached by George W. Hoskins and played its home games on the Old Main lawn in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 1at Penn
L 0–20[1]
October 14at Wyoming Seminary
W 40–0[2]
November 5at Pittsburgh Athletic Club
W 16–0[3][4]
November 12Bucknell
  • Old Main
  • State College, PA
W 18–0[5]
November 23vs. Lafayette
  • West Side Park
  • Wilkes-Barre, PA
W 18–0[6]
November 24vs. Dickinson
W 16–0[7]

References

  1. ^ "College Players Kick the Leather". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 2, 1892. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "State College 40, Seminary 0". Wilkes-Barre Record. Wilkes-Barre, PA. October 15, 1892. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "The P. A. C.'s Beaten". The Pittsburg Dispatch. November 6, 1892. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Kickers Line Up". The Pittsburg Dispatch. November 5, 1892. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Bucknell vs. State College". Lewisburg Chronicle. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. November 19, 1892. p. 1. Retrieved January 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  6. ^ "State College 18, Lafayette 0". Wilkes-Barre Record. Wilkes-Barre, PA. November 24, 1892. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "The Harrisburg Game". The Evening Sentinel. Carlisle, PA. November 25, 1892. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
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