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1889 Penn State football team

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1889 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainJames Mock
Home stadiumOld Main lawn
Seasons
← 1888
1890 →
1889 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton     10 0 0
Massachusetts     2 0 0
Yale     15 1 0
Harvard     9 2 0
Franklin & Marshall     5 1 1
Dickinson     4 1 1
Navy     4 1 1
Tufts     3 1 0
Lehigh     8 3 2
Cornell     8 4 0
Penn     7 6 0
Brown     2 2 0
Penn State     2 2 0
Wesleyan     5 7 1
Bucknell     2 3 1
Lafayette     3 4 2
Columbia     2 7 2
Fordham     1 3 0
Rutgers     1 4 0
NYU     0 2 0

The 1889 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 1889 college football season. The team played its home games on the Old Main lawn in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 27SwarthmoreW 20–6
November 9at Lafayette
L 0–26
November 11at LehighBethlehem, PAL 0–106[1]
November 28Bucknell
  • Old Main lawn
  • State College, PA
W 12–0[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Football". The Sun. New York, New York. November 12, 1889. p. 4. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "State College Defeats Bucknell". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 29, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved January 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.