1889 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1889 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
1889 record	2–2
Head coach	none
Home stadium	Old Main lawn
Seasons ←  1888 1890  →

1889 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princeton			–					10	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					15	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	0
Harvard			–					9	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					8	–	3	–	2
Cornell			–					8	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					7	–	6	–	0
Brown			–					2	–	2	–	0
Penn State			–					2	–	2	–	0
Amherst			–					3	–	5	–	2
Columbia			–					2	–	7	–	2
Rutgers			–					1	–	4	–	0

The 1889 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1889 college football season. ^[1] 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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 27	Swarthmore	Old Main lawn State College, PA	W 20–6
November 9	at Lafayette	March Field Easton, PA	L 0–26
November 11	at Lehigh	Bethlehem, PA	L 0–106
November 25	Bucknell	Old Main lawn State College, PA	W 12–0

References

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