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1894 Penn State football team

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1894 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–0–1
Head coach
CaptainBenjamin Fisher
Home stadiumBeaver Field
Seasons
← 1893
1895 →
1894 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     16 0 0
Penn     12 0 0
Villanova     1 0 0
Penn State     6 0 1
Harvard     11 2 0
Geneva     5 1 0
Princeton     8 2 0
Temple     4 1 0
Holy Ghost College     7 2 1
Washington & Jefferson     5 2 1
Brown     10 5 0
Bucknell     5 3 0
Colgate     2 1 1
Army     3 2 0
Frankin & Marshall     6 4 0
Cornell     6 4 1
Amherst     7 5 0
Trinity (CT)     4 3 0
Syracuse     6 5 0
Tufts     6 5 0
Massachusetts     3 3 0
Swarthmore     5 5 0
Western Univ. Penn     1 1 0
Lafayette     5 6 0
New Hampshire     2 3 0
Rutgers     4 6 0
Lehigh     5 9 0
Williams     1 3 0
Drexel     1 3 0
MIT     1 4 0
Boston College     1 6 0
Carlisle     1 8 0
Buffalo     0 2 0
NYU     0 3 0
Wesleyan     0 5 0

The 1894 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 1894 college football season. The team was coached by George W. Hoskins and played its home games on Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 13GettysburgW 60–0
October 20Lafayette
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 72–0
November 10at NavyT 6–6
November 17vs. Bucknell
W 12–62,000[1][2][3]
November 23at Washington & JeffersonWashington, PAW 6–0[4]
November 24at OberlinOberlin, OHW 9–6
November 29at Pittsburgh Athletic ClubPittsburgh, PAW 14–0

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References

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  1. ^ "Other Games.—How The Long Haired Players Fared On Different Fields". The Gazette. York, Pennsylvania . November 18, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved January 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Bucknell Vs State College". Lewisburg Journal. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. November 21, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved January 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Foot Ball Again!—This Time State and Bucknell Meet". Lewisburg Chronicle. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. November 24, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved January 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Bold Bad Suter". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 24, 1894. p. 6. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Penn State Football 2024 Media Guide" (PDF). Penn State Nittany Lions. p. 301. Retrieved January 13, 2025.