1903 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1903 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
1903 record	5–3
Head coach	Daniel A. Reed (1st season)
Home stadium	Beaver Field
Seasons ←  1902 1904  →

1903 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princeton			–					11	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					11	–	1	–	0
Columbia			–					9	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					9	–	1	–	0
Geneva			–					9	–	1	–	0
Army			–					11	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					9	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					9	–	3	–	0
Carlisle			–					6	–	2	–	1
Amherst			–					7	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					6	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					4	–	4	–	1
Villanova			–					2	–	2	–	0
Duquesne			–					3	–	5	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	0
Western U. Penn.			–					0	–	8	–	1

The 1903 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1903 college football season. ^[1] The team was coached by Daniel A. Reed and played its home games on Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 19	Dickinson Seminary	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 60–0
October 3	Allegheny	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 24–5
October 10	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–39
October 17	at Yale	New Haven, CT	L 0–27
October 24	at Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	W 59–0
October 31	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	W 17–0
November 14	vs. Dickinson	Williamsport, PA	L 0–6
November 26	vs. Washington & Jefferson	Pittsburgh, PA	W 22–0

References

1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1900–1904)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 10, 2015.