Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Football Association

Not to be confused with Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Association Football League.

Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Football Association

Founded	1891
Ceased	1892
Sports fielded	College football

The Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Football Association, or PIFA, was organized on February 28, 1891, and was dissolved within a year. ^[1]

Conference members

Six colleges from Pennsylvania formed the PIFA: ^[2]

• University at Lewisburg (now Bucknell)
• Dickinson
• Franklin & Marshall
• Haverford
• Penn State
• Swarthmore

1891 season

1891 Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Football Association standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Penn State $	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Bucknell	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Swarthmore	3	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall	2	–	2	–	0			2	–	4	–	0
Dickinson	1	–	2	–	1			2	–	3	–	1
Haverford	0	–	5	–	0			0	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Penn State was awarded the 1891 championship. Their record was 4–1 in Association play with the loss being at Bucknell (10–12). However, Bucknell lost at Franklin & Marshall (6–12) and tied at Dickinson (0–0) for a record of 3–1–1.^{[ citation needed ]}

See also

• List of defunct college football conferences

References

1. The New York Clipper Annual ... Containing Theatrical, Musical and Sporting Chronologies ... Frank Queen Publishing Company (Limited). 1893. pp. 29–.
2. Melvin I. Smith (2008). Evolvements of Early American Foot Ball: Through the 1890/91 Season. AuthorHouse. pp. 180–. ISBN   978-1-4343-6246-9.

• Prato, Lou, “The Penn State Football Encyclopedia,” Sports Publishing, Champaign, IL, 1998.