1918 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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1918 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Penn State Football 1918.jpg
ConferenceIndependent
1918 record1–2–1
Head coach
Captain Harry Robb, Frank Unger
Home stadium New Beaver Field
Seasons
  1917
1919  
1918 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Bucknell   6 0 0
Princeton   3 0 0
Holy Cross   2 0 0
Army   1 0 0
Buffalo   6 1 0
Columbia   5 1 0
Syracuse   5 1 0
Pittsburgh   4 1 0
Boston College   5 2 0
Rutgers   5 2 0
Franklin & Marshall   2 1 0
Geneva   4 2 0
Swarthmore   4 2 0
Harvard   2 1 0
Fordham   4 2 1
Villanova   3 2 0
Penn   5 3 0
Dartmouth   3 3 0
Lehigh   4 4 0
Washington & Jefferson   2 2 0
New Hampshire   2 2 1
Lafayette   3 4 0
Brown   2 3 0
Tufts   2 3 0
Penn State   1 2 1
Vermont   0 1 1
Drexel   0 1 0
NYU   0 4 0

The 1918 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1918 college football season. [1] The team was coached by Hugo Bezdek and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
November 2Wissahickon BarracksT 6–6
November 9 Rutgers
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
L 3–26 [2]
November 16at Lehigh W 7–6
November 28at Pittsburgh L 6–286,000 [3]

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References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. "Rutgers Triumphs Over Penn State's Plucky Team, In Game Yesterday Afternoon; Sanford's Men Roll Up 26 Points, While Pennsylvanians Score Only 3". New Brunswick Sunday Times. November 10, 1918. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Guy, Richard (November 29, 1918). "Small Crowd Sees Panther Scored Against Early After Fumble in the First Period". The Gazette Times. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.