The 1902 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 1902 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Pop Golden and played its home games in Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1902 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
CaptainRalph Cummings
Home stadiumBeaver Field
Seasons
← 1901
1903 →
1902 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ursinus     9 0 0
Yale     11 0 1
Geneva     7 0 0
Harvard     11 1 0
Princeton     8 1 0
Army     6 1 1
Frankin & Marshall     7 2 0
Dartmouth     6 2 1
Holy Cross     6 2 1
Syracuse     6 2 1
Carlisle     8 3 0
Cornell     8 3 0
Lafayette     8 3 0
Amherst     7 3 0
Penn State     7 3 0
Penn     9 4 0
Lehigh     7 3 1
Vermont     5 3 2
Colgate     5 3 1
NYU     5 3 0
Bucknell     6 4 0
Washington & Jefferson     6 4 0
Columbia     6 4 1
Springfield Training School     3 2 1
Villanova     4 3 0
Brown     5 4 1
Swarthmore     6 6 0
Western U. of Penn.     5 6 1
New Hampshire     2 3 1
Buffalo     3 5 1
Tufts     4 6 1
Fordham     2 4 1
Wesleyan     3 6 1
Rutgers     3 7 0
Navy     2 7 1
Drexel     1 4 1
Temple     1 4 1
Pittsburgh College     1 6 0
Boston College     0 8 0

Schedule

edit
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 20Dickinson SeminaryW 27–0
September 27Western University of PennsylvaniaBellefonte, PA (rivalry)W 27–0[2]
October 4at PennL 0–17
October 11Villanova
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 32–0
October 18at YaleL 0–11[3]
October 25Susquehanna
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 55–0
November 1at NavyW 6–0
November 8Gettysburg
  • Beaver Field
  • University Park, PA
W 37–0
November 22at DickinsonCarlisle, PAW 23–0
November 27at Steelton YMCASteelton, PAL 5–6

References

edit
  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. ^ "The Wups Do Well At State". The Pittsburg Post. September 28, 1902. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Yale, 11; Penn. State, 0". The New York Times. October 19, 1932. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.