1895 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1895 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
1895 record	2–2–3
Head coach	George Hoskins (4th season)
Home stadium	Beaver Field
Seasons ←  1894 1896  →

1895 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Penn			–					14	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					13	–	0	–	2
Princeton			–					10	–	1	–	1
Harvard			–					8	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					6	–	2	–	2
Army			–					5	–	2	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					8	–	5	–	0
Wesleyan			–					6	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					7	–	6	–	1
Carlisle			–					4	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					4	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					3	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					2	–	2	–	3
Cornell			–					3	–	4	–	1
Lehigh			–					3	–	6	–	0
Boston College			–					2	–	4	–	2
CCNY			–					2	–	5	–	1
MIT			–					1	–	4	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					1	–	4	–	0
Massachusetts			–					1	–	5	–	0
Western Univ. Penn.			–					1	–	6	–	0

The 1895 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in 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.

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 25	Gettysburg	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 20–6
October 5	at Cornell	Ithaca, NY	T 0–0
October 26	vs. Bucknell	Williamsport, PA	W 16–0
November 9	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 4–35
November 16	at Pittsburgh Athletic Club	Pittsburgh, PA	L 10–11
November 18	at Washington & Jefferson	College Field Washington, PA	T 6–6
November 28	at Western Reserve	Cleveland, OH	T 8–8

References

1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 9, 2015.