1904 Penn State football team

The 1904 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 1904 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Tom Fennell and played its home games on Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1904 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4
Head coach
CaptainCarl Forkum
Home stadiumBeaver Field
Seasons
← 1903
1905 →
1904 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn     12 0 0
Western U. of Penn.     10 0 0
Dartmouth     7 0 1
Yale     10 1 0
Amherst     9 1 0
Colgate     8 1 1
Carlisle     10 2 0
Lafayette     8 2 0
Princeton     8 2 0
Army     7 2 0
Fordham     4 1 1
Harvard     7 2 1
Dickinson     8 3 1
Columbia     7 3 0
Cornell     7 3 0
Villanova     4 2 1
Syracuse     6 3 0
Swarthmore     6 3 0
Washington & Jefferson     5 3 1
Penn State     6 4 0
Temple     3 2 0
Brown     6 5 0
Bucknell     3 3 0
Springfield Training School     4 4 1
NYU     3 6 0
Holy Cross     2 5 2
Wesleyan     3 7 0
Geneva     1 4 2
Vermont     1 5 2
New Hampshire     2 5 0
Rutgers     1 6 2
Tufts     2 9 1
Lehigh     1 8 0
Frankin & Marshall     0 10 0

Notably, 1904 marked the first season where WUP/Pitt, Penn State, and West Virginia played a full round robin. Thus, 1904 marked the first season of the district championship.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at PennL 0–6[2]
October 1AlleghenyW 50–0
October 8at YaleL 0–24
October 15West Virginia
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 34–0
October 22vs. Washington & JeffersonW 12–04,100[3]
October 29Jersey Shore Athletic Club
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 30–0
November 5at NavyL 9–20
November 12vs. DickinsonWilliamsport, PAW 11–0[4]
November 19Geneva
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 44–0[5]
November 24at Western University of Pennsylvania
L 5–228,500[6]

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. ^ "Penn Scrapes Out a Victory by the Score of 6 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 25, 1904. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "State Team Is On Top Of Heap". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 23, 1904. p. 12. Retrieved September 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "State Won a Great Game: Swept Dickinson Eleven Off Their Feet in Second Half". The Pittsburgh Press. November 13, 1904. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "State Runs Up A Swell Score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 20, 1904. p. 14. Retrieved September 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  6. ^ "State Easy for the WUPS". The Pittsburgh Post. November 25, 1904. pp. 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.