The 1901 Penn State football team was an American football team that represented Pennsylvania State College—now known as Pennsylvania State University–as an independent during the 1901 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Pop Golden and played its home games in Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1901 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
CaptainEarl Hewitt
Home stadiumBeaver Field
Seasons
← 1900
1902 →
1901 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard     12 0 0
Yale     11 1 1
Cornell     11 1 0
Dartmouth     10 1 0
Massachusetts     9 1 0
Princeton     9 1 1
Syracuse     7 1 0
Holy Cross     7 1 1
Geneva     6 1 1
Army     5 1 2
Western U. of Penn     7 2 1
Lafayette     9 3 0
Swarthmore     8 2 2
Washington & Jefferson     6 2 2
Frankin & Marshall     7 3 1
Penn     10 5 0
Buffalo     4 2 0
Columbia     8 5 0
Fordham     2 1 1
Penn State     5 3 0
Bucknell     6 4 0
Pittsburgh College     3 2 0
Temple     3 2 0
NYU     4 3 1
Tufts     6 6 1
Vermont     5 5 1
Dickinson     3 4 0
Carlisle     5 7 1
Brown     4 7 1
Villanova     2 3 0
Drexel     2 5 1
Colgate     2 5 0
Boston College     1 8 0
Lehigh     1 11 0
New Hampshire     0 6 0
Rutgers     0 7 0

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22SusquehannaW 17–0
September 29vs. Western University of PennsylvaniaBellefonte, PA (rivalry)W 37–0[2]
October 5at PennL 6–23[3]
October 19at YaleL 0–22[4]
October 26at NavyW 11–6[5]
November 2at Homestead Library & Athletic ClubL 0–39
November 16vs. LehighWilliamsport, PAW 38–01,500[6]
November 23Dickinson
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 12–01,500[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1900-1904)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "WUP Too Light for State's Team". The Pittsburg Press. September 29, 1901. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Quakers Defeat State College". The Philadelphia Times. October 6, 1901. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Yale, 22; Penn State, 0: Hardest Game of the Season For Old Eli Thus Far". New York Daily Tribune. October 20, 1901. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "State College, 11; Annapolis, 6". The New York Times. October 27, 1901. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Lehigh Is Hopelessly Outclassed". The Pittsburg Post. November 17, 1901. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Dickinson Outplayed". The Pittsburgh Press. November 24, 1901. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.