1914 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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1914 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Penn State Football 1914.jpg
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
CaptainYegg Tobin
Home stadium New Beaver Field
Seasons
  1913
1915  
1914 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Army   9 0 0
Harvard   7 0 2
Washington & Jefferson   10 1 0
Dartmouth   8 1 0
Lehigh   8 1 0
Pittsburgh   8 1 0
Cornell   8 2 0
Yale   7 2 0
Franklin & Marshall   6 2 1
Colgate   5 2 1
Princeton   5 2 1
Brown   5 2 2
Fordham   6 3 1
Geneva   5 3 0
Tufts   5 3 0
Penn State   5 3 1
Rutgers   5 3 1
Lafayette   5 3 2
Syracuse   5 3 2
Boston College   5 4 0
NYU   5 4 0
Villanova   4 3 1
Bucknell   4 4 1
Carnegie Tech   4 4 0
Penn   4 4 1
Temple   3 3 0
Rhode Island State   2 3 3
Carlisle   5 10 1
Holy Cross   2 5 1
Vermont   2 6 1
New Hampshire   1 6 2
Duquesne   1 5 0

The 1914 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1914 college football season. The team was coached by Bill Hollenback and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26 Westminster (PA) W 13–0
October 3 Muhlenberg
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 22–0
October 10 Gettysburg
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 13–0
October 17 Ursinus
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 30–0
October 24at Harvard T 13–1322,000
October 31at Lafayette
W 17–0
November 7at Lehigh L 7–20
November 13 Michigan State
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
L 3–610,000
November 26at Pittsburgh L 3–1317,000 [1]

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References

  1. Balinger, Ed. F. (November 27, 1914). "Gay Rooters and Chrysanthemums Wax Loud at Big Football Classic". The Pittsburgh Post. p. 11 via Newspapers.com.