1917 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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1917 Penn State Nittany Lions football
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ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
Captains
Home stadium New Beaver Field
Seasons
  1916
1918  
1917 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Pittsburgh   10 0 0
Williams   7 0 1
Yale   3 0 0
Princeton   2 0 0
Syracuse   8 1 1
Army   7 1 0
Rutgers   7 1 1
Penn   9 2 0
Brown   8 2 0
Fordham   7 2 0
Lehigh   7 2 0
Boston College   6 2 0
Swarthmore   6 2 0
Washington & Jefferson   7 3 0
Colgate   4 2 0
Harvard   3 1 3
New Hampshire   3 2 2
Dartmouth   5 3 0
Geneva   5 3 1
Penn State   5 4 0
Buffalo   4 4 0
NYU   2 2 3
Tufts   3 3 0
Carnegie Tech   2 3 1
Bucknell   3 5 1
Lafayette   3 5 0
Holy Cross   3 4 0
Rhode Island State   2 4 2
Carlisle   3 6 0
Columbia   2 4 0
Delaware   2 5 0
Cornell   3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall   2 6 0
Villanova   0 3 2
Temple   0 6 1

The 1917 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State College in the 1917 college football season. The team was led by third-year head coach Dick Harlow, with Lawrence Whitney as an assistant coach, his final season. The Nittany Lions played their home games at New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29vs. Army Ambulance Corps Allentown, PA W 10–0
October 6 Gettysburg W 80–0
October 13 St. Bonaventure
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 99–0
October 20at Washington & Jefferson L 0–7
October 27 West Virginia Wesleyan
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 8–7
November 3at Dartmouth L 7–10
November 10 Lehigh
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
L 0–9
November 17 Maryland
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 57–0
November 29at Pittsburgh L 6–2820,000 [1]

References

  1. Guy, Richard (November 30, 1917). "Attack of Panther is too Fierce for Dick Harlow's Men". The Gazette Times. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.