1895 Penn State football team

The 1895 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 1895 college football season.^[1] The team was coached by George Hoskins and played its home games on Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.

1895 Penn State football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–2–3
Head coach	George Hoskins (4th season)
Captain	Walter McCaskey
Home stadium	Beaver Field
Seasons ← 1894 1896 →

1895 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Penn			–					14	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					13	–	0	–	2
Princeton			–					10	–	1	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	1	–	1
Harvard			–					8	–	2	–	1
Lafayette			–					6	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					6	–	2	–	2
Army			–					5	–	2	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	2	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore			–					7	–	4	–	1
Tufts			–					8	–	5	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	2	–	0
Wesleyan			–					6	–	3	–	0
Amherst			–					6	–	5	–	0
Brown			–					7	–	6	–	1
Carlisle			–					4	–	4	–	0
Drexel			–					3	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					2	–	2	–	3
Cornell			–					3	–	4	–	1
Rutgers			–					3	–	4	–	0
New Hampshire			–					2	–	3	–	1
Frankin & Marshall			–					3	–	5	–	1
Boston College			–					2	–	4	–	2
Lehigh			–					3	–	6	–	0
CCNY			–					2	–	5	–	1
Buffalo			–					1	–	4	–	2
Temple			–					1	–	4	–	1
MIT			–					1	–	4	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					1	–	4	–	0
Massachusetts			–					1	–	5	–	0
Western Univ. Penn.			–					1	–	6	–	0
Geneva			–					0	–	5	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Gettysburg	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 20–6
October 5	at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	T 0–0	1,000
October 26	vs. Bucknell	Williamsport, PA	W 16–0	4,000
November 9	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 4–35	5,000	[2]
November 16	at Pittsburgh Athletic Club	Pittsburgh, PA	L 10–11	2,000
November 18	at Washington & Jefferson	College Field Washington, PA	T 6–6		[3]
November 28	at Western Reserve	Cleveland, OH	T 8–8

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. "Penn's Goal Line Again Crossed". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 10, 1895. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "State And W. & J." The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 19, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .