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1893 Penn State football team

1893 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–1
Head coach
CaptainEd Haley
Home stadiumBeaver Field
Seasons
← 1892
1894 →
1893 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   11 – 0 – 0
Fordham   –   4 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   12 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   10 – 1 – 0
Colgate   –   3 – 0 – 2
Penn   –   12 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   4 – 1 – 0
Wesleyan   –   4 – 1 – 0
Holy Ghost   –   6 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   6 – 2 – 1
Lehigh   –   7 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   6 – 3 – 0
Carlisle   –   2 – 1 – 0
Frankin & Marshall   –   4 – 2 – 1
Navy   –   5 – 3 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   5 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   4 – 3 – 0
Amherst   –   7 – 6 – 1
Boston College   –   3 – 3 – 0
Geneva   –   2 – 2 – 1
Army   –   4 – 5 – 0
Williams   –   2 – 3 – 1
Tufts   –   4 – 7 – 0
Cornell   –   3 – 6 – 1
Worcester Tech   –   2 – 4 – 1
Boston University   –   1 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   3 – 6 – 0
Syracuse   –   4 – 9 – 1
Western Penn   –   1 – 4 – 0
MIT   –   1 – 5 – 0
Massachusetts   –   1 – 9 – 0
New Hampshire   –   0 – 1 – 0
Rutgers   –   0 – 4 – 0
Maine   –   0 – 5 – 0

The 1893 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 1893 college football season. The team was coached by George Hoskins. It was first team to play on Beaver Field, Penn State football's first permanent home.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 14at Virginia
W 6–0[1]
October 25at Penn
L 6–183,000[2]
November 6Western University of Pennsylvania
W 32–0[3]
November 112:30 p.m.at Bucknell
W 36–182,000[4][5][6]
November 30at Pittsburgh Athletic Club
W 12–0[7]

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References

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  1. ^ "University of Virginia team lost". The Washington Post. October 15, 1893. Retrieved April 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Pennsylvania's Small Total: The State College Scores Against the University". The Times (Philadelphia). October 26, 1893. p. 6.
  3. ^ "State College Winners". Pittsburgh Press. November 7, 1893. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Bucknell Vs. State College". Public Press. Northumberland, Pennsylvania. November 10, 1893. p. 2. Retrieved January 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "State College and Bucknell". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 12, 1893. p. 9. Retrieved January 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Foot-ball Galore!—State College Scores 36 Points to Bucknell's 18". Lewisburg Chronicle. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. November 18, 1893. p. 1. Retrieved January 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "The Season Ends". The Pittsburgh Post. December 1, 1893. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Penn State Football 2024 Media Guide" (PDF). Penn State Nittany Lions. p. 301. Retrieved January 12, 2025.