1892 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1892 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
1892 record	5–1
Head coach	George Hoskins (1st season)
Home stadium	Old Main lawn
Seasons ←  1891 1893  →

1892 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					13	–	0	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					4	–	0	–	0
Colgate			–					3	–	0	–	0
Penn			–					15	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					10	–	1	–	0
Harvard			–					10	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					12	–	2	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	1	–	0
Army			–					3	–	1	–	1
Western Univ. Penn.			–					4	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					5	–	3	–	0
Geneva			–					3	–	3	–	0
Stevens			–					1	–	1	–	0
Brown			–					4	–	5	–	1
Massachusetts			–					4	–	6	–	2
Rutgers			–					3	–	5	–	1
Lafayette			–					5	–	7	–	0
Lehigh			–					3	–	6	–	0
Drexel			–					0	–	1	–	0
Syracuse			–						–	8	–	1

The 1892 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1892 college football season. ^[1] The team was coached by George Hoskins and 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
October 1	at Penn	Philadelphia, PA	L 0–20
October 27	Wyoming Seminary	Old Main State College, PA	W 40–0
November 5	Pittsburgh Athletic Club	Old Main State College, PA	W 16–0
November 12	Bucknell	Old Main State College, PA	W 18–0
November 23	vs. Lafayette	Wilkes-Barre, PA	W 18–0
November 25	vs. Dickinson	Harrisburg, PA	W 16–0

References

1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1890-1894)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 9, 2015.