1898 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1898 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
1898 record	6–4
Head coach	Samuel Newton (3rd season)
Home stadium	Beaver Field
Seasons ←  1897 1899  →

1898 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					11	–	0	–	0
Drexel			–					7	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					11	–	0	–	1
Penn			–					12	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					10	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	2	–	1
Yale			–					9	–	2	–	0
Western Penn.			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					6	–	4	–	0
Carlisle			–					6	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	4	–	0
Army			–					3	–	2	–	1
Duquesne			–					5	–	4	–	1
Villanova			–					2	–	4	–	1
Boston College			–					2	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	1
Geneva			–					1	–	4	–	1
NYU			–					1	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	6	–	1

The 1898 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1898 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 24	Gettysburg	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 47–0
October 1	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–40
October 8	at Lafayette	March Field Easton, PA	W 5–0
October 15	Susquehanna	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 45–6
October 22	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 11–16
October 26	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–5
October 29	at Duquesne Athletic Club	Pittsburgh, PA	L 5–18
November 5	vs. Bucknell	Williamsport, PA	W 16–0
November 19	at Washington & Jefferson	College Field Washington, PA	W 11–6
November 25	vs. Dickinson	Williamsport, PA	W 34–0

References

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