1905 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1905 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
1905 record	8–3
Head coach	Tom Fennell (2nd season)
Home stadium	Beaver Field
Seasons ←  1904 1906  →

1905 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					10	–	0	–	0
Penn			–					12	–	0	–	1
Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	2
Swarthmore			–					7	–	1	–	0
Western U. of Penn.			–					10	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					8	–	2	–	1
Washington and Lee			–					7	–	2	–	0
Wesleyan			–					7	–	2	–	1
Carlisle			–					10	–	4	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					9	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					8	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					7	–	4	–	0
Cornell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					4	–	3	–	2
Army			–					4	–	4	–	1
NYU			–					3	–	3	–	1
Geneva			–					4	–	6	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					3	–	7	–	0
Drexel			–					0	–	7	–	0

The 1905 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1905 college football season. ^[1] The team was coached by Tom Fennell 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 16	Lebanon Valley	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 23–0
September 30	California (PA)	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 29–0
October 7	vs. Carlisle	Harrisburg, PA	L 0–11
October 14	at Gettysburg	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 18–0
October 21	at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–12
October 28	Villanova	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 29–0
November 4	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 5–11
November 11	Geneva	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 73–0
November 18	vs. Dickinson	Williamsport, PA	W 6–0
November 24	West Virginia	Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 6–0
November 30	at Pittsburgh	Exposition Park Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	W 6–0

References

1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 10, 2015.