1892 Penn State football team

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.[1] The team was coached by George Hoskins and played its home games on the Old Main lawn in University Park, Pennsylvania.

1892 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1
Head coach
CaptainA. C. Read
Home stadiumOld Main lawn
Seasons
← 1891
1893 →
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
Penn State     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

Schedule

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

References

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  1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1890-1894)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  2. ^ "College Players Kick the Leather". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 2, 1892. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "State College 40, Seminary 0". Wilkes-Barre Record. Wilkes-Barre, PA. October 15, 1892. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "The P. A. C.'s Beaten". The Pittsburg Dispatch. November 6, 1892. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Kickers Line Up". The Pittsburg Dispatch. November 5, 1892. p. 9 – 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.