1888 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1888 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
1888 record	0–2–1
Head coach	none
Home stadium	Old Main lawn
Seasons ←  1887 1889  →

1888 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					13	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					12	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					11	–	1	–	0
Lehigh			–					10	–	2	–	0
Trinity			–					5	–	1	–	1
Lafayette			–					6	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					4	–	2	–	0
Penn			–					10	–	7	–	0
Williams			–					4	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	3	–	0
Massachusetts			–					2	–	4	–	0
Stevens			–					2	–	7	–	1
Wesleyan			–					2	–	7	–	0
Amherst			–					2	–	8	–	1
WPI			–					1	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	7	–	1
Penn State			–					0	–	2	–	1
Swarthmore			–					0	–	5	–	0

The 1888 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1888 college football season. The team played its home games on the Old Main lawn in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Despite the article title, the school did not adopt the Nittany Lion as its mascot until 1907.

In stark contrast to the 1887 team, the 1888 team is the only winless team in Penn State history. ^[1] Harry Leyden (1887–1889) played quarterback in 1888.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 31	Dickinson	Old Main lawn State College, PA	T 6–6
November 3	Lehigh	Old Main lawn State College, PA	L 0–30‡
November 7	at Dickinson	Carlisle, PA	L 0–16

^‡There is a score discrepancy. Lehigh lists the final score as 32–0.

References

1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1885-1889)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 8, 2015.