1896 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1896 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
1896 record	3–4
Head coach	Samuel Newton (1st season)
Home stadium	Beaver Field
Seasons ←  1895 1897  →

1896 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Lafayette			–					11	–	0	–	1
Princeton			–					10	–	0	–	1
Penn			–					14	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					13	–	1	–	0
Duquesne			–					11	–	2	–	0
Army			–					3	–	2	–	1
Boston College			–					5	–	3	–	0
Storrs			–					5	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	2
Cornell			–					5	–	3	–	1
Villanova			–					10	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					7	–	4	–	0
Carlisle			–					5	–	5	–	0
Rutgers			–					6	–	7	–	0
Brown			–					4	–	5	–	1
Geneva			–					3	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	1
Western Univ. Penn.			–					3	–	6	–	0
Holy Cross			–					1	–	3	–	2
Massachusetts			–					0	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island			–					0	–	4	–	0

The 1896 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1896 college football season. ^[1] The team was coached by Samuel Newton 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 26	Gettysburg	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 40–0
October 3	Pittsburgh	Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 10–4
October 10	Dickinson	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 8–0
October 24	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–39
October 31	vs. Bucknell	Williamsport, PA	L 0–10
November 14	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–27
November 28	vs. Carlisle	Harrisburg, PA	L 5–48

References

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