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1895 Penn State football team

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1895 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–2–3
Head coach
CaptainWalter McCaskey
Home stadiumBeaver Field
Seasons
← 1894
1896 →
1895 Eastern college football independents records
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

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.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25GettysburgW 20–6
October 5at Cornell
T 0–01,000
October 26vs. BucknellWilliamsport, PAW 16–04,000
November 9at PennL 4–355,000[2]
November 16at Pittsburgh Athletic ClubPittsburgh, PAL 10–112,000
November 18at Washington & Jefferson
T 6–6[3]
November 28at Western ReserveCleveland, OHT 8–8

References

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  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 Open access icon.