1896 Penn State football team

The 1896 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 1896 college football season.^[1] The team was coached by Samuel B. Newton and played its home games on Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.

1896 Penn State football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–4
Head coach	Samuel B. Newton (1st season)
Captain	James Dunsmore
Home stadium	Beaver Field
Seasons ← 1895 1897 →

1896 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Fordham			–					1	–	0	–	0
Lafayette			–					11	–	0	–	1
Princeton			–					10	–	0	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					8	–	0	–	1
Penn			–					14	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					13	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh College			–					11	–	2	–	0
Buffalo			–					9	–	1	–	2
Villanova			–					10	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					7	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	3	–	0
Storrs			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	2
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	0
Army			–					3	–	2	–	1
Rutgers			–					6	–	6	–	0
Carlisle			–					5	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					2	–	2	–	2
Brown			–					4	–	5	–	1
Wesleyan			–					4	–	5	–	1
Frankin & Marshall			–					3	–	4	–	2
Geneva			–					3	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	1
Amherst			–					3	–	6	–	1
Western Univ. Penn.			–					3	–	6	–	0
Lehigh			–					2	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					2	–	6	–	1
Swarthmore			–					2	–	6	–	0
New Hampshire			–					1	–	4	–	0
Drexel			–					1	–	5	–	0
Massachusetts			–					0	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island			–					0	–	4	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Gettysburg	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 40–0
October 3	Western University of Pennsylvania	Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 10–4		[2]
October 10	Dickinson	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 8–0
October 24	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–39	1,000	[3]
October 31	vs. Bucknell	Williamsport, PA	L 0–10
November 14	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–27
November 21	vs. Carlisle	Sixth Street gridiron Harrisburg, PA	L 5–48	2,000	[4][5]

References

1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
2. "Athletics". The Western University Courant. Vol. XII, no. 1. Courant Publishing Association. October 1896. p. 22. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
3. "Princeton, 39; P.S.C., 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 25, 1896. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Carlisle 48, State 5". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 22, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved April 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
5. "State College Scalped". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 22, 1896. p. 9. Retrieved April 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .